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Meta-analysis of 208370 East Asians identifies 113 susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 May 2021
Yin Xianyong, Kim Kwangwoo, Suetsugu Hiroyuki, Bang So-Young, Wen Leilei, Koido Masaru, Ha Eunji, Liu Lu, Sakamoto Yuma, Jo Sungsin, Leng Rui-Xue, Otomo Nao, Laurynenka Viktoryia, Kwon Young-Chang, Sheng Yujun, Sugano Nobuhiko, Hwang Mi Yeong, Li Weiran, Mukai Masaya, Yoon Kyungheon, Cai Minglong, Ishigaki Kazuyoshi, Chung Won Tae, Huang He, Takahashi Daisuke, Lee Shin-Seok, Wang Mengwei, Karino Kohei, Shim Seung-Cheol, Zheng Xiaodong, Miyamura Tomoya, Kang Young Mo, Ye Dongqing, Nakamura Junichi, Suh Chang-Hee, Tang Yuanjia, Motomura Goro, Park Yong-Beom, Ding Huihua, Kuroda Takeshi, Choe Jung-Yoon, Li Chengxu, Niiro Hiroaki, Park Youngho, Shen Changbing, Miyamoto Takeshi, Ahn Ga-Young, Fei Wenmin, Takeuchi Tsutomu, Shin Jung-Min, Li Keke, Kawaguchi Yasushi, Lee Yeon-Kyung, Wang Yongfei, Amano Koichi, Park Dae Jin, Yang Wanling, Tada Yoshifumi, Yamaji Ken, Shimizu Masato, Atsumi Takashi, Suzuki Akari, Sumida Takayuki, Okada Yukinori, Matsuda Koichi, Matsuo Keitaro, Kochi Yuta, Kottyan Leah C, Weirauch Matthew T, Parameswaran Sreeja, Eswar Shruti, Salim Hanan, Chen Xiaoting, Yamamoto Kazuhiko, Harley John B, Ohmura Koichiro, Kim Tae-Hwan, Yang Sen, Yamamoto Takuaki, Kim Bong-Jo, Shen Nan, Ikegawa Shiro, Lee Hye-Soon, Zhang Xuejun, Terao Chikashi, Cui Yong, Bae Sang-Cheol
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disorder, has been associated with nearly 100 susceptibility loci. Nevertheless, these loci only partially explain SLE heritability and their putative causal variants are rarely prioritised, which make challenging to elucidate disease biology. To detect new SLE loci and causal variants, we performed the largest genome-wide meta-analysis for SLE in East...
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