Independent replication and metaanalysis of association studies establish TNFSF4 as a susceptibility gene preferentially associated with the subset of anticentromere-positive patients with systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 997-1003

  Coustet, Baptiste ^a   Bouaziz, Matthieu ^b   Dieudé, Philippe ^a   Guedj, Mickael ^b   Bossini Castillo, Lara ^c   Agarwal, Sandeep ^d   Radstake, Timothy ^e   Martin, Javier ^c   Gourh, Pravitt ^d   Elhai, Muriel ^a   Koumakis, Eugénie ^a   Avouac, Jérôme ^a   Ruiz, Barbara ^a   Mayes, Maureen ^d   Arnett, Frank ^d   Hachulla, Eric ^f   Diot, Elisabeth ^g   Cracowski, Jean Luc ^h   Tiev, Kiet ⁱ   Sibilia, Jean ^j   Mouthon, Luc ^a   Frances, Camille ^k   Amoura, Zahir ^k   Carpentier, Patrick ^h   Cosnes, Anne ^l   Meyer, Olivier ^a   Kahan, André ^a   Boileau, Catherine ^m   Chiocchia, Gilles ^a   Allanore, Yannick ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^h GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^k SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^l HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^m LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Systemic sclerosis; TNFSF4

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; OX40 LIGAND; TNFSF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 4 GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CENTROMERE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CENTROMERE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OX40 LIGAND; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84860741366     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.111270     Document Type: Article

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