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
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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
spellingShingle 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
Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
Nature Communications
author_facet 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
author_sort Carl D. Langefeld
title Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
title_short Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
title_full Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
title_fullStr Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
title_sort transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2017-07-01
description 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.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16021
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