Genetic Analysis with the Immunochip Platform in Behçet Disease. Identification of Residues Associated in the HLA Class I Region and New Susceptibility Loci.

Behcet's disease (BD) is an immuno-mediated vasculitis in which knowledge of its etiology and genetic basis is limited. To improve the current knowledge, a genetic analysis performed with the Immunochip platform was carried out in a population from Spain. A discovery cohort comprising 278 BD ca...

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Main Authors: Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández, Francisco-David Carmona, Marco-Antonio Montes-Cano, José-Raúl García-Lozano, Marta Conde-Jaldón, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, María Jesús Castillo, Gerard Espinosa, Genaro Graña-Gil, Juan Sánchez-Bursón, María Rosa Juliá, Roser Solans, Ricardo Blanco, Ana-Celia Barnosi-Marín, Ricardo Gómez de la Torre, Patricia Fanlo, Mónica Rodríguez-Carballeira, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Teresa Camps, Santos Castañeda, Juan-Jose Alegre-Sancho, Javier Martín, María Francisca González-Escribano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4993481?pdf=render