Regulatory polymorphisms modulate the expression of HLA class II molecules and promote autoimmunity

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Volumn 5, Issue FEBRUARY2016, 2016, Pages

  Raj, Prithvi ^a   Rai, Ekta ^a,b   Song, Ran ^a   Khan, Shaheen ^a   Wakeland, Benjamin E ^a   Viswanathan, Kasthuribai ^a   Arana, Carlos ^a   Liang, Chaoying ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Dozmorov, Igor ^a   Carr Johnson, Ferdicia ^a   Mitrovic, Mitja ^c   Wiley, Graham B ^d   Kelly, Jennifer A ^d   Lauwerys, Bernard R ^e   Olsen, Nancy J ^f   Cotsapas, Chris ^c   Garcia, Christine K ^a,g   Wise, Carol A ^a,g,h   Harley, John B ^i,j   Nath, Swapan K ^d   James, Judith A ^d   Jacob, Chaim O ^k   Tsao, Betty P ^l   Pasare, Chandrashekhar ^a   Karp, David R ^a   Li, Quan Zhen ^a   Gaffney, Patrick M ^d   Wakeland, Edward K ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; HLA D ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BANK1 GENE; BLK GENE; CCL22 GENE; CHROMATIN; ETS1 GENE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICA1 GENE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRF5 GENE; ITGAM GENE; ITGAX GENE; NMNAT2 GENE; RAVER1 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TNFAIP3 GENE; TNFSF4 GENE; TNIP1 GENE; TNPO3 GENE; UBE2L3 GENE; XKR6 GENE; ZGLP1 GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; DENDRITIC CELL; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AUTOIMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELLS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961275681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.12089     Document Type: Article

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