Article
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies African-Specific Susceptibility Loci in African Americans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2017
Brant Steven R, Okou David T, Simpson Claire L, Cutler David J, Haritunians Talin, Bradfield Jonathan P, Chopra Pankaj, Prince Jarod, Begum Ferdouse, Kumar Archana, Huang Chengrui, Venkateswaran Suresh, Datta Lisa W, Wei Zhi, Thomas Kelly, Herrinton Lisa J, Klapproth Jan-Micheal A, Quiros Antonio J, Seminerio Jenifer, Liu Zhenqiu, Alexander Jonathan S, Baldassano Robert N, Dudley-Brown Sharon, Cross Raymond K, Dassopoulos Themistocles, Denson Lee A, Dhere Tanvi A, Dryden Gerald W, Hanson John S, Hou Jason K, Hussain Sunny Z, Hyams Jeffrey S, Isaacs Kim L, Kader Howard, Kappelman Michael D, Katz Jeffry, Kellermayer Richard, Kirschner Barbara S, Kuemmerle John F, Kwon John H, Lazarev Mark, Li Ellen, Mack David, Mannon Peter, Moulton Dedrick E, Newberry Rodney D, Osuntokun Bankole O, Patel Ashish S, Saeed Shehzad A, Targan Stephan R, Valentine John F, Wang Ming-Hsi, Zonca Martin, Rioux John D, Duerr Richard H, Silverberg Mark S, Cho Judy H, Hakonarson Hakon, Zwick Michael E, McGovern Dermot P B, Kugathasan Subra
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) cause significant morbidity and are increasing in prevalence among all populations, including African Americans. More than 200 susceptibility loci have been identified in populations of predominantly European ancestry, but few loci have been associated with IBD in other ethnicities. METHODS: We performed 2...
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