Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases

Nature Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1018-1027

  Li, Yun R ^a,b   Li, Jin ^a   Zhao, Sihai D ^b,ae   Bradfield, Jonathan P ^a   Mentch, Frank D ^a   Maggadottir, S Melkorka ^a   Hou, Cuiping ^a   Abrams, Debra J ^a   Chang, Diana ^c,d   Gao, Feng ^c   Guo, Yiran ^a   Wei, Zhi ^e   Connolly, John J ^a   Cardinale, Christopher J ^a   Bakay, Marina ^a   Glessner, Joseph T ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Kao, Charlly ^a   Thomas, Kelly A ^a   Qiu, Haijun ^a   Chiavacci, Rosetta M ^a   Kim, Cecilia E ^a   Wang, Fengxiang ^a   Snyder, James ^a   Richie, Marylyn D ^f   Flatø, Berit ^g   Førre, øystein ^g   Denson, Lee A ^h   Thompson, Susan D ^h   Becker, Mara L ⁱ   Guthery, Stephen L ^j   Latiano, Anna ^k   Perez, Elena ^l   Resnick, Elena ^m   Russell, Richard K ⁿ   Wilson, David C ^o   Silverberg, Mark S ^p   Annese, Vito ^q   Lie, Benedicte A ^g   Punaro, Marilynn ^r   Dubinsky, Marla C ^s   Monos, Dimitri S ^a,b   Strisciuglio, Caterina ^t   Staiano, Annamaria ^t   Miele, Erasmo ^t   Kugathasan, Subra ^u   Ellis, Justine A ^v,w   Munro, Jane E ^v,x   Sullivan, Kathleen E ^a,b   Wise, Carol A ^r   Chapel, Helen ^y   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^m   Grant, Struan F A ^a,b   Orange, Jordan S ^z   Sleiman, Patrick M A ^a,b   Behrens, Edward M ^a,b   Griffiths, Anne M ^aa   Satsangi, Jack ^ab   Finkel, Terri H ^ac   Keinan, Alon ^c,d   Prak, Eline T Luning ^b   Polychronakos, Constantin ^ad   Baldassano, Robert N ^a,b   Li, Hongzhe ^b   Keating, Brendan J ^a,b   Hakonarson, Hakon ^a,b   more..

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e University Heights   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^s CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^u EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^x ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^z TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aa HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ac NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ad RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; JANUS KINASE; MICRORNA; STAT PROTEIN;

ADCY7 GENE; ADGRL2 GENE; ANKRD30A GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CD40LG GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IL2RA GENE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENM3 GENE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941025159     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3933     Document Type: Article

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