Accounting for eXentricities: Analysis of the X Chromosome in GWAS reveals X-linked genes implicated in autoimmune diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Diana ^a,b   Gao, Feng ^a   Slavney, Andrea ^a,b   Ma, Li ^a,c   Waldman, Yedael Y ^a   Sams, Aaron J ^a   Billing Ross, Paul ^a,b   Madar, Aviv ^a   Spritz, Richard ^d   Keinan, Alon ^a,b  

^a Plant Science Building   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; ARHGEF6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; C1GALT1C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CENPI PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHAPERONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARHGEF6 GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; C1GALT1C1 GENE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL MATURATION; CENPI GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLEIOTROPY; PSORIASIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITILIGO; X CHROMOSOME; X LINKED GENE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84916888537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113684     Document Type: Article

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