A genome-wide association study in Chinese identifies novel risk loci for Behcet's uveitis.

Guannan SuZhenyu ZhongQingyun ZhouLiping DuZi YeFuzhen LiWenjuan ZhuangChaokui WangLiang LiangYan JiQingfeng CaoQingfeng WangRui ChangHandan TanShenglan YiYujing LiXiaojie FengWeiting LiaoWanyun ZhangJia ShuShiyao TanJing XuSu PanHongxi LiJing ShiZhijun ChenYing ZhuXingsheng YeXiao TanJun ZhangZhangluxi LiuFanfan HuangGangxiang YuanTingting PangYizong LiuJiadong DingYingnan GaoMeifen ZhangWei ChiXiaoli LiuYuqin WangLing ChenAkira MeguroMasaki TakeuchiNobuhisa MizukiShigeaki OhnoXianbo ZuoAize KijlstraPeizeng Yang

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)

This GWAS study identified a novel set of genetic variants that are associated with susceptibility to uveitis in BD. These findings enriched our understanding of the contribution of genetic factors to the disease.

Keyphrases

genome wide association study
genome wide
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
ankylosing spondylitis
dna methylation
copy number
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity