GWAS for systemic sclerosis identifies multiple risk loci and highlights fibrotic and vasculopathy pathways

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Title: GWAS for systemic sclerosis identifies multiple risk loci and highlights fibrotic and vasculopathy pathways
Authors: Elena López-Isac, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera, Martin Kerick, Shervin Assassi, Ansuman T. Satpathy, Jeffrey Granja, Maxwell R. Mumbach, Lorenzo Beretta, Carmen P. Simeón, Patricia Carreira, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Ivan Castellvi, Lara Bossini-Castillo, F. David Carmona, Gisela Orozco, Nicolas Hunzelmann, Jörg H. W. Distler, Andre Franke, Claudio Lunardi, Gianluca Moroncini, Armando Gabrielli, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra, Cisca Wijmenga, Bobby P. C. Koeleman, Annika Nordin, Leonid Padyukov, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Benedicte Lie, European Scleroderma Group, Susanna Proudman, Wendy Stevens, Mandana Nikpour, Australian Scleroderma Interest Group (ASIG), Timothy Vyse, Ariane L. Herrick, Jane Worthington, Christopher P. Denton, Yannick Allanore, Matthew A. Brown, Timothy R. D. J. Radstake, Carmen Fonseca, Howard Y. Chang, Maureen D. Mayes, Javier Martin
Source: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2019)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2019.
Publication Year: 2019
Collection: LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Science
More Details: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous chronic autoimmune disease that affects the connective tissue. Here, López-Isac et al. identify 13 new risk loci for SSc as well as loci specific for limited cutaneous and diffuse SSc and, defining credible sets and performing functional annotation, highlight key pathways and cell types for SSc.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2041-1723
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12760-y
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/2c83b5b19dd94142a96da7824aa29e78
Accession Number: edsdoj.2c83b5b19dd94142a96da7824aa29e78
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20411723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-12760-y
Published in:Nature Communications
Language:English