Identification of two novel female-specific non-major histocompatibility complex loci regulating collagen-induced arthritis severity and chronicity, and evidence of epistasis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2695-2705

  Meng, Hsiang Chi ^a   Griffiths, Marie M ^b,c   Remmers, Elaine F ^d   Kawahito, Yutaka ^d   Li, Wentian ^a   Neisa, Roberto ^a   Cannon, Grant W ^b,c   Wilder, Ronald L ^e,f   Gulko, Pércio S ^a  

^a N Shore Long Isl Jewish Res Inst ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 18; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NCF1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY LOCI; PHENOTYPE; RATS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4043053749     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20366     Document Type: Article

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