Functional relevance for associations between genetic variants and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a serious prototype autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, auto-antibody production and multi-organ damage. Recent association studies have identified a long list of loci that were associated with SLE with relatively high statistical power. Ho...

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Main Authors: Fei-Yan Deng, Shu-Feng Lei, Yong-Hong Zhang, Zeng-Li Zhang, Yu-Fan Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3544818?pdf=render