Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a strong ethnic and gender bias. In a transancestral genetic association study, Langefeldet al. identify 24 novel regions associated with risk to lupus and propose a cumulative hits hypothesis for loci conferring risk to SLE.

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Main Authors: Carl D. Langefeld, Hannah C. Ainsworth, Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham, Jennifer A. Kelly, Mary E. Comeau, Miranda C. Marion, Timothy D. Howard, Paula S. Ramos, Jennifer A. Croker, David L. Morris, Johanna K. Sandling, Jonas Carlsson Almlöf, Eduardo M. Acevedo-Vásquez, Graciela S. Alarcón, Alejandra M. Babini, Vicente Baca, Anders A. Bengtsson, Guillermo A. Berbotto, Marc Bijl, Elizabeth E. Brown, Hermine I. Brunner, Mario H. Cardiel, Luis Catoggio, Ricard Cervera, Jorge M. Cucho-Venegas, Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist, Sandra D’Alfonso, Berta Martins Da Silva, Iñigo de la Rúa Figueroa, Andrea Doria, Jeffrey C. Edberg, Emőke Endreffy, Jorge A. Esquivel-Valerio, Paul R. Fortin, Barry I. Freedman, Johan Frostegård, Mercedes A. García, Ignacio García de la Torre, Gary S. Gilkeson, Dafna D. Gladman, Iva Gunnarsson, Joel M. Guthridge, Jennifer L. Huggins, Judith A. James, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, Diane L. Kamen, David R. Karp, Kenneth M. Kaufman, Leah C. Kottyan, László Kovács, Helle Laustrup, Bernard R. Lauwerys, Quan-Zhen Li, Marco A. Maradiaga-Ceceña, Javier Martín, Joseph M. McCune, David R. McWilliams, Joan T. Merrill, Pedro Miranda, José F. Moctezuma, Swapan K. Nath, Timothy B. Niewold, Lorena Orozco, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Michelle Petri, Christian A. Pineau, Bernardo A. Pons-Estel, Janet Pope, Prithvi Raj, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, John D. Reveille, Laurie P. Russell, José M. Sabio, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Hugo R. Scherbarth, Raffaella Scorza, Michael F. Seldin, Christopher Sjöwall, Elisabet Svenungsson, Susan D. Thompson, Sergio M. A. Toloza, Lennart Truedsson, Teresa Tusié-Luna, Carlos Vasconcelos, Luis M. Vilá, Daniel J. Wallace, Michael H. Weisman, Joan E. Wither, Tushar Bhangale, Jorge R. Oksenberg, John D. Rioux, Peter K. Gregersen, Ann-Christine Syvänen, Lars Rönnblom, Lindsey A. Criswell, Chaim O. Jacob, Kathy L. Sivils, Betty P. Tsao, Laura E. Schanberg, Timothy W. Behrens, Earl D. Silverman, Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme, Robert P. Kimberly, John B. Harley, Edward K. Wakeland, Robert R. Graham, Patrick M. Gaffney, Timothy J. Vyse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16021