Gene-level association analysis of systemic sclerosis: A comparison of African-Americans and White populations.

Gene-level analysis of ImmunoChip or genome-wide association studies (GWAS) data has not been previously reported for systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma). The objective of this study was to analyze genetic susceptibility loci in SSc at the gene level and to determine if the detected associations w...

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Main Authors: Olga Y Gorlova, Yafang Li, Ivan Gorlov, Jun Ying, Wei V Chen, Shervin Assassi, John D Reveille, Frank C Arnett, Xiaodong Zhou, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Elena Lopez-Isac, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera, Peter K Gregersen, Annette T Lee, Virginia D Steen, Barri J Fessler, Dinesh Khanna, Elena Schiopu, Richard M Silver, Jerry A Molitor, Daniel E Furst, Suzanne Kafaja, Robert W Simms, Robert A Lafyatis, Patricia Carreira, Carmen Pilar Simeon, Ivan Castellvi, Emma Beltran, Norberto Ortego, Christopher I Amos, Javier Martin, Maureen D Mayes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5749683?pdf=render