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. 2014 Feb;15(1):52–65. doi: 10.2174/138920291501140306113715

Fig. (1).

Fig. (1)

Environmental factors are able to trigger the immune response and the genetic factors play a key role in this activation. The gene clusterization regarding their role in immune system indicates the major functions and general path leading to self-tolerance breakdown, autoimmunity and SLE development.