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Ancestry, ACKR1 and leucopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lupus science & medicine - 1 Nov 2022
Chung Cecilia P, Karakoc Gul, Liu Ge, Gamboa Jorge L, Mosley Jonathan D, Cox Nancy J, Stein C Michael, Kawai Vivian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: SLE is more prevalent in populations of African (AA) than European ancestry (EA) and leucopenia is common. A homozygous variant in ACKR1 (rs2814778-CC) is associated with lower white cell counts; the variant is common in AA but not EA populations. We hypothesised that in SLE: (1) leucopenia is more frequent in patients of AA than EA, and (2) the ACKR1-CC genotype accounts for the higher frequency of...
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