A genome-wide homozygosity association study identifies runs of homozygosity associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the human major histocompatibility complex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Hsin Chou ^a   Chang, Lun Ching ^a   Liang, Yu Jen ^a,b   Lin, Chien Hsing ^c   Wang, Pei Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DPA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HLA DPA1 GENE; HLA DPB1 GENE; HLA DRB1 GENE; HLA DRB6 GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RUNS OF HOMOZYGOSITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84860009658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034840     Document Type: Article

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