Amino acid signatures of HLA Class-I and II molecules are strongly associated with SLE susceptibility and autoantibody production in Eastern Asians.

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is a key genetic factor conferring risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but precise independent localization of HLA effects is extremely challenging. As a result, the contribution of specific HLA alleles and amino-acid residues to the overall risk of SLE and to r...

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Main Authors: Julio E Molineros, Loren L Looger, Kwangwoo Kim, Yukinori Okada, Chikashi Terao, Celi Sun, Xu-Jie Zhou, Prithvi Raj, Yuta Kochi, Akari Suzuki, Shuji Akizuki, Shuichiro Nakabo, So-Young Bang, Hye-Soon Lee, Young Mo Kang, Chang-Hee Suh, Won Tae Chung, Yong-Beom Park, Jung-Yoon Choe, Seung-Cheol Shim, Shin-Seok Lee, Xiaoxia Zuo, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Quan-Zhen Li, Nan Shen, Lauren L Porter, John B Harley, Kek Heng Chua, Hong Zhang, Edward K Wakeland, Betty P Tsao, Sang-Cheol Bae, Swapan K Nath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008092