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Discovery and Functional Characterization of Two Regulatory Variants Underlying Lupus Susceptibility at 2p13.1.
Genes - 5 Jun 2022
Fazel-Najafabadi Mehdi, Rallabandi Harikrishna-Reddy, Singh Manish K, Maiti Guru P, Morris Jacqueline, Looger Loren L, Nath Swapan K
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies have identified 2p13.1 as a prominent susceptibility locus for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—a complex, multisystem autoimmune disease. However, the identity of underlying causal variant (s) and molecular mechanisms for increasing disease susceptibility are poorly understood. Using meta-analysis (cases = 10,252, controls = 21,604) followed by conditional analysis,...
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