Analyses of genome wide association data, cytokines, and gene expression in African-Americans with benign ethnic neutropenia.

BACKGROUND:Benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN) is a hematologic condition associated with people of African ancestry and specific Middle Eastern ethnic groups. Prior genetic association studies in large population showed that rs2814778 in Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) gene, specifically D...

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Main Authors: Bashira A Charles, Matthew M Hsieh, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Daniel Shriner, Edward Ramos, Kyung Chin, Kshitij Srivastava, Neil A Zakai, Mary Cushman, Leslie A McClure, Virginia Howard, Willy A Flegel, Charles N Rotimi, Griffin P Rodgers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5875757?pdf=render