Systematic approach demonstrates enrichment of multiple interactions between non-HLA risk variants and HLA-DRB1 risk alleles in rheumatoid arthritis.
Lina-Marcela Diaz-GalloDaniel RamsköldKlementy ShchetynskyLasse FolkersenKarine CheminBoel BrynedalSteffen UebeYukinori OkadaLars AlfredssonLars KlareskogLeonid PadyukovPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2018)
Our data demonstrate that there are massive genetic interactions between the HLA-DRB1 SE alleles and non-HLA genetic variants in ACPA-positive RA.