Article
Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jan 2014
Robinson Philip C, Brown Matthew A
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. It causes significant disability and is associated with a number of other features including peripheral arthritis, anterior uveitis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Significant progress has been made in the genetics of AS have in the last five years, leading to new treatments in trial, and...
Topics
- Aminopeptidases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Interleukin-23
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
- Psoriasis
- Sacroiliac Joint
- Spine