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Gene-based association analysis identified a novel gene associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2021
Ding Xian, Cai Minglong, Wang Sun, Yang Qingqing, Zheng Xiaodong, Zuo Xianbo, Liu Shengxiu
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OBJECTIVE: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with strong genetic predisposition. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of SLE have identified more than 50 robust susceptibility loci. However, traditional individual SNP-based GWAS have made it difficult to identify variants with small effects. Moreover, variants revealed by GWAS only explain a limited disease heritability,...
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