Article
Genetic Association in the HLA Region.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Moutsianas Loukas, Gutierrez-Achury Javier
Abstract excerpt
The MHC/HLA region has been consistently associated with a large number of complex traits, including but not limited to, most immune-mediated ones. Efforts to pinpoint drivers of this commonly encountered association peak at the short arm of chromosome 6, however, have been challenging, owing to the high density of genes and the long and extended linkage disequilibrium that are characteristic of this region.The...
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