Evidence for the role of STAT4 as a general autoimmunity locus in the Korean population

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 867-871

  Park, Yongsoo ^a   Lee, Hye Soon ^a   Park, Youngjoo ^b   Min, Dongsoo ^a   Yang, Seiwon ^b   Kim, Dukhee ^c   Cho, Boyoun ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid diseases; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Rheumatoid arthritis; STAT4; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

STAT4 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KOREA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 80855147927     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1263     Document Type: Article

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