Article
The immunogenetic architecture of autoimmune disease.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Mar 2012
Goris An, Liston Adrian
Abstract excerpt
The development of most autoimmune diseases includes a strong heritable component. This genetic contribution to disease ranges from simple Mendelian inheritance of causative alleles to the complex interactions of multiple weak loci influencing risk. The genetic variants responsible for disease are being discovered through a range of strategies from linkage studies to genome-wide association studies. Despite the...
Topics
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
