Identification of AF4/FMR2 family, member 3 (AFF3) as a novel rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility locus and confirmation of two further pan-autoimmune susceptibility genes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2518-2522

  Barton, Anne ^a   Eyre, Steve ^a   Ke, Xiayi ^a   Hinks, Anne ^a   Bowes, John ^a   Flynn, Edward ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Wilson, Anthony G ^b   Morgan, Ann W ^c   Emery, Paul ^c   Steer, Sophia ^d   Hocking, Lynne J ^e   Reid, David M ^e   Harrison, Pille ^f   Wordsworth, Paul ^f   Thomson, Wendy ^a   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN AF4; PROTEIN AFF3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 67449091146     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp177     Document Type: Article

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