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Novel risk loci for rheumatoid arthritis in Han Chinese and congruence with risk variants in Europeans.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 May 2014
Jiang Lei, Yin Jian, Ye Lingying, Yang Jian, Hemani Gibran, Liu Ai-Jun, Zou Hejian, He Dongyi, Sun Lingyun, Zeng Xiaofeng, Li Zhanguo, Zheng Yi, Lin Yiping, Liu Yi, Fang Yongfei, Xu Jianhua, Li Yinong, Dai Shengming, Guan Jianlong, Jiang Lindi, Wei Qianghua, Wang Yi, Li Yang, Huang Cibo, Zuo Xiaoxia, Liu Yu, Wu Xin, Zhang Libin, Zhou Ling, Zhang Qing, Li Ting, Chen Ling, Xu Zhen, Yang Xiaoping, Qian Feng, Xie Weilin, Liu Wei, Guo Qian, Huang Shaolan, Zhao Jing, Li Mengmeng, Jin Yanhua, Gao Jie, Lv Ying, Wang Yiwen, Lin Li, Guo Aihua, Danoy Patrick, Willner Dana, Cremin Catherine, Hadler Johanna, Zhang Fengchun, Zhao Yan, Li Mengtao, Yue Tao, Fan Xiaolei, Guo Jianping, Mu Rong, Li Jingyi, Wu Chao, Zeng Ming, Wang Jiucun, Li Shilin, Jin Li, Wang Binbin, Wang Jing, Ma Xu, Sun Liangdan, Zhang Xuejun, Brown Matthew A, Visscher Peter M, Su Ding-Feng, Xu Huji
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Han Chinese as compared with Europeans. METHODS: A genome-wide association study was conducted in China with 952 patients and 943 controls, and 32 variants were followed up in 2,132 patients and 2,553 controls. A transpopulation meta-analysis with results from a large European RA study was also performed to compare the...
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