sub:provenance { sub:assertiondcterms:description "[The theories discussed herein include (i) the role of innate immunity mediated by toll-like receptors in triggering the autoimmune adaptive response characterizing the observed pathology; (ii) changes in spleen marginal zone B cells in autoantibody production with particular focus on the B10 subpopulation; (iii) Th17 cell differentiation and T regulatory cells in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor model; (iv) self antigen changes induced by chemical and infectious agents which could break tolerance by post-translational modifications and molecular mimicry; and finally (v) epigenetic changes, particularly DNA methylation, that are induced by environmental stimuli and may contribute to autoimmunity initiation.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en ; wi:evidencedgn-void:source_evidence_literature ; sio:SIO_000772miriam-pubmed:22749494 ; prov:wasDerivedFromdgn-void:BEFREE ; prov:wasGeneratedByeco:ECO_0000203 . dgn-void:BEFREEpav:importedOn "2017-02-19"^^xsd:date . dgn-void:source_evidence_literatureaeco:ECO_0000212 ; rdfs:comment "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en ; rdfs:label "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . }