Variants in IL23R-C1orf141 and ADO-ZNF365-EGR2 are associated with susceptibility to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Japanese population.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is a systemic inflammatory disorder that affects pigment cell-containing organs such as the eye (e.g., chronic and/or recurrent granulomatous panuveitis). While the exact etiology and pathogenic mechanism of VKH disease are unclear, HLA-DR4 alleles have been docume...

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Main Authors: Takuto Sakono, Akira Meguro, Masaki Takeuchi, Takahiro Yamane, Takeshi Teshigawara, Nobuyoshi Kitaichi, Yukihiro Horie, Kenichi Namba, Shigeaki Ohno, Kumiko Nakao, Taiji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Sakai, Tadashi Nakano, Hiroshi Keino, Annabelle A Okada, Atsunobu Takeda, Takako Ito, Hisashi Mashimo, Nobuyuki Ohguro, Shinichirou Oono, Hiroshi Enaida, Satoshi Okinami, Nobuyuki Horita, Masao Ota, Nobuhisa Mizuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233464