Abstract
Autoimmune muscle diseases (myositis) comprise a group of complex phenotypes influenced by genetic and environmental factors. To identify genetic risk factors in patients of European ancestry, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the major myositis phenotypes in a total of 1710 cases, which included 705 adult dermatomyositis, 473 juvenile dermatomyositis, 532 polymyositis and 202 adult dermatomyositis, juvenile dermatomyositis or polymyositis patients with anti-histidyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-Jo-1) autoantibodies, and compared them with 4724 controls. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms showing strong associations (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 470-480 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Genes and Immunity |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES
- HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX
- AUTOIMMUNE-DISEASES
- IMMUNE-RESPONSE
- AUTOANTIBODIES
- DERMATOMYOSITIS
- LINKAGE
- IMMUNOGENETICS
- POLYMYOSITIS
- PATHOGENESIS