Genetic regulatory effects modified by immune activation contribute to autoimmune disease associations

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kim Hellmuth, Sarah ^a,b,c   Bechheim, Matthias ^c   Pütz, Benno ^d   Mohammadi, Pejman ^a,b   Nédélec, Yohann ^e,f   Giangreco, Nicholas ^b   Becker, Jessica ^c   Kaiser, Vera ^c   Fricker, Nadine ^c   Beier, Esther ^c   Boor, Peter ^g   Castel, Stephane E ^a,b   Nöthen, Markus M ^c   Barreiro, Luis B ^e,f   Pickrell, Joseph K ^a,b   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^d,h,i   Lappalainen, Tuuli ^a,b   Schumacher, Johannes ^c   Hornung, Veit ^c,j  

^a NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^h Technische Universität München Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LIPID; LIPOFECTAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLMURAMYLALANYL DEXTRO ISOGLUTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIPIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MONOCYTES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027524031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00366-1     Document Type: Article

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