Autoinflammatory diseases

I Touitou, I Koné-Paut - Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology, 2008 - Elsevier
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are illnesses caused by primary dysfunction of the innate
immune system. Proteins that are mutated in AIDs mediate the regulation of NFκB activation,
cell apoptosis, and IL-1β secretion through cross-regulated and sometimes common
signaling pathways. AIDs include a broad number of monogenic [eg, familial Mediterranean
fever (FMF), cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), mevalonate kinase deficiency
(MKD), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)] and …