A systematic investigation of confirmed autoimmune loci in early-onset psoriasis reveals an association with IL2/IL21

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 660-664

  Warren, R B ^a   Smith, R L ^a,b   Flynn, E ^a,b   Bowes, J ^a,b   Eyre, S ^a,b   Worthington, J ^a,b   Barton, Anne ^a,b   Griffiths, C E M ^a   Eyre, Stephen ^b   Hinks, Anne ^b   Bowes, John ^b   Orozco, Gisela ^b   Flynn, Edward ^b   Martin, Paul ^b   Thomson, Wendy ^b   Worthington, Jane ^b   Martin, Stephen ^c   Robinson, James I ^c   Morgan, Ann W ^c   Emery, Paul ^c   Wilson, Anthony G ^d   Steer, Sophia ^e   Hocking, Lynne ^f   Reid, David M ^f   Harrison, Pille ^g   Wordsworth, Paul ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 21; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STAT4 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1;

ADULT; AFF3 GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CCL21 GENE; CD226 GENE; CD40 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTLA4 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IL2RA GENE; IL2RB GENE; INTERLEUKIN 2 GENE; INTERLEUKIN 21 GENE; KIF5A GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKCQ GENE; PSORIASIS; PTPN22 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAT4 GENE; TNFAIP3 GENE; TRAF1 GENE;

EID: 79952374006     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10237.x     Document Type: Article

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