Polymorphism at the TNF superfamily gene TNFSF4 confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

Nature Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Graham, Deborah S Cunninghame ^a   Graham, Robert R ^b   Manku, Harinder ^a   Wong, Andrew K ^a   Whittaker, John C ^c   Gaffney, Patrick M ^d,g   Moser, Kathy L ^d,g   Rioux, John D ^e,f   Altshuler, David ^b   Behrens, Timothy W ^d,h   Vyse, Timothy J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OX40 LIGAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; OX40 LIGAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 37549016379     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2007.47     Document Type: Article

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