Gene-Gene and Gene-Sex Epistatic Interactions of MiR146a, IRF5, IKZF1, ETS1 and IL21 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Leng, Rui Xue ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Cen, Han ^a   Zhou, Mo ^a   Feng, Chen Chen ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a   Yang, Xiao Ke ^a   Yang, Mei ^a   Zhai, Yu ^a   Li, Bao Zhu ^a   Wang, Xiao Song ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Chen, Gui Mei ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^a   Ye, Dong Qing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETS1 GENE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEX EPISTATIC INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IKZF1 GENE; IL21 GENE; IRF5 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIR146A GENE; MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH17 CELL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERLEUKINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84870941026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051090     Document Type: Article

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