“We have thought for a long time that lupus and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases like it are caused by both genetic and environmental factors and their interactions. Epigenetic modifications, influenced by the environment and controlling the expression of the genes, may explain how the environment acts via the genes to produce lupus,”
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Vieira S, Pagovich O, Kriegel M. Diet, microbiota and autoimmune diseases. Lupus. 2014;23(6):518-526. doi:10.1177/0961203313501401
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