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Investigating the shared genetic basis of inflammatory bowel disease and systemic lupus erythematosus using genetic overlap analysis.
BMC genomics - 16 Sept 2024
Yuan Weichao, Luo Qinghua, Wu Na
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are autoimmune diseases that often coexist clinically. This phenomenon might be due to shared genetic components. METHODS: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for IBD and SLE were analyzed to determine both global and local genetic correlations using three methodologies: linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC),...
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