Search for dissertations about: "Shahin Hajizadeh"

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2. 1. Inflammatogenic properties of endogenous DNA

   Author : Shahin Hajizadeh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Inflammation; mtDNA; oxidized DNA; SF; CSF; RA; dementia;

   Abstract : Bacterial DNA and CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) induce host inflammatory responses as a result of their content of unmethylated ¡§CpG motifs¡¨. Since the CpG motifs in the mitochondrial (mt) genome are in this respect similar to bacterial DNA, in that they are non-methylated, we investigated whether mtDNA also displays inflammatogenic potential. READ MORE