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You are here: Home / Articles / High-Salt Diet May Trigger Gene Silencing & a Lupus Phenotype

High-Salt Diet May Trigger Gene Silencing & a Lupus Phenotype

August 15, 2016 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

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Lara C. Pullen, PhD, is a medical writer based in the Chicago area.

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  1. Wu H, Huang X, Qiu H, et al. High salt promotes autoimmunity by TET2-induced DNA demethylation and driving the differentiation of Tfh cells. Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 21;6:28065. doi: 10.1038/srep28065.

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Filed Under: Conditions, SLE (Lupus) Tagged With: Diet, follicular helper T cell, Salt, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Tet2

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