Dense Genotyping of Immune-Related Regions Identifies Loci for Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Damage in African Americans

Dense Genotyping of Immune-Related Regions Identifies Loci for Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Damage in African Americans

Abstract More than 100 risk loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been identified in individuals of European and Asian descent, but the genetic basis for RA in African Americans is less well understood. We genotyped 610 African Americans with autoantibody-positive RA and 933 African American contr...

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Main Authors: Maria I. Danila, Vincent A. Laufer, Richard J. Reynolds, Qi Yan, Nianjun Liu, Peter K. Gregersen, Annette Lee, Marlena Kern, Carl D. Langefeld, Donna K. Arnett, S. Louis Bridges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Molecular Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.2119/molmed.2017.00081

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