Dense genotyping of immune-related regions identifies loci for rheumatoid arthritis risk and damage in African Americans

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 177-187

  Danila, Maria I ^a   Laufer, Vincent A ^a   Reynolds, Richard J ^a   Yan, Qi ^b   Liu, Nianjun ^c   Gregersen, Peter K ^d   Lee, Annette ^d   Kern, Marlena ^d   Langefeld, Carl D ^e   Arnett, Donna K ^f   Louis Bridges, S ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwell Health   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; AFF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ETS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL2RA PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1;

ADULT; AFF3 GENE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; C5 TRAF1 GENE; CD25 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTLA4 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; ETS1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; IL2RA GENE; IMMUNOCHIP ARRAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TNFRSF9 GENE; TNFSF11 GENE; TNFSF18 GENE; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85028362756     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: 15283658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2017.00081     Document Type: Article

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