Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies five new loci for systemic lupus erythematosus.

Antonio JuliàFrancisco Javier López-LongoJosé J Pérez VenegasSilvia Bonàs-GuarchÀlex OlivéJosé Luís AndreuMª Ángeles Aguirre-ZamoranoPaloma VelaJoan M NollaJosé Luís Marenco de la FuenteAntonio ZeaJosé María Pego-ReigosaMercedes FreireElvira DíezEsther Rodríguez-AlmarazPatricia CarreiraRicardo BlancoVíctor Martínez TaboadaMaría López-LasantaMireia López CorbetoJosep M MercaderDavid TorrentsDevin AbsherSara MarsalAntonio Fernández-Nebro

Published in: Arthritis research & therapy (2018)

Our results identify five novel loci for SLE susceptibility, and biologic pathways associated via multiple low-effect-size loci.

Keyphrases

genome wide association study
systemic lupus erythematosus
systematic review
disease activity
genome wide
rheumatoid arthritis
meta analyses
dna methylation
gene expression
genome wide association