A large-scale genome-wide association and meta-analysis identified four novel susceptibility loci for leprosy

Autor: Zhenzhen Wang, Yonghu Sun, Xi’an Fu, Gongqi Yu, Chuan Wang, Fangfang Bao, Zhenhua Yue, Jianke Li, Lele Sun, Astrid Irwanto, Yongxiang Yu, Mingfei Chen, Zihao Mi, Honglei Wang, Pengcheng Huai, Yi Li, Tiantian Du, Wenjun Yu, Yang Xia, Hailu Xiao, Jiabao You, Jinghui Li, Qing Yang, Na Wang, Panpan Shang, Guiye Niu, Xiaojun Chi, Xiuhuan Wang, Jing Cao, Xiujun Cheng, Hong Liu, Jianjun Liu, Furen Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13760
Popis: Previous studies have shown genetic associations between leprosy and 18 different genes/loci. Here, Wang and colleagues perform genome-wide association study in Han Chinese leprosy patients and describe four novel loci to be associated to the disease.
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