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SUBMITTER: Chia J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4691417 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chia Justin J Eroglu Fehime Kara FK Özen Seza S Orhan Dicle D Montealegre-Sanchez Gina G de Jesus Adriana A AA Goldbach-Mansky Raphaela R Cowen Edward W EW
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 20151114 1
Key teaching points • SAVI is a recently described interferonopathy resulting from constitutive action of STING and up-regulation of IFN-β signaling. • SAVI is characterized by facial erythema with telangiectasia, acral/cold-sensitive tissue ulceration and amputations, and interstitial lung disease. It has overlapping features with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and familial chilblain lupus. • Traditional immunosuppressive medications and biologic therapies appear to be of limited benefit, but JAK i ...[more]