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Beyond the MHC: A canine model of dermatomyositis shows a complex pattern of genetic risk involving novel loci.
PLoS genetics - 1 Feb 2017
Evans Jacquelyn M, Noorai Rooksana E, Tsai Kate L, Starr-Moss Alison N, Hill Cody M, Anderson Kendall J, Famula Thomas R, Clark Leigh Anne
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a chronic inflammatory myopathy and vasculopathy driven by genetic and environmental influences. Here, we investigated the genetic underpinnings of an analogous, spontaneous disease of dogs also termed dermatomyositis (DMS). As in JDM, we observed a significant association with a haplotype of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) (DLA-DRB1*002:01/-DQA1*009:01/-DQB1*001:01),...
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