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Association of IFIH1 and other autoimmunity risk alleles with selective IgA deficiency.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 2010
Ferreira Ricardo C, Pan-Hammarström Qiang, Graham Robert R, Gateva Vesela, Fontán Gumersindo, Lee Annette T, Ortmann Ward, Urcelay Elena, Fernández-Arquero Miguel, Núñez Concepción, Jorgensen Gudmundur, Ludviksson Björn R, Koskinen Sinikka, Haimila Katri, Clark Hilary F, Klareskog Lars, Gregersen Peter K, Behrens Timothy W, Hammarström Lennart
Abstract excerpt
To understand the genetic predisposition to selective immunoglobulin A deficiency (IgAD), we performed a genome-wide association study in 430 affected individuals (cases) from Sweden and Iceland and 1,090 ethnically matched controls, and we performed replication studies in two independent European cohorts. In addition to the known association of HLA with IgAD, we identified association with a nonsynonymous...
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