Fine mapping of the psoriasis susceptibility locus PSORS1 supports HLA-C as the susceptibility gene in the Han Chinese population

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Fan, Xing ^a,b   Yang, Sen ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^c   Wang, Zhi Min ^c   Sun, Liang Dan ^a,b   Liang, Yan Hua ^a,b   Gao, Min ^a,b   Ren, Yue Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Kai Yue ^c   Du, Wen Hui ^a,b   Shen, Yu Jun ^a,b   Liu, Jian Jun ^a,b,d   Zhang, Xue Jun ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSN PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PSORS1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CDSN PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PSORS1C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PSORIASIS; ALLELE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 41949105512     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000038     Document Type: Article

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