Genome-wide scan identifies TNIP1, PSORS1C1, and RHOB as novel risk loci for systemic sclerosis.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an orphan, complex, inflammatory disease affecting the immune system and connective tissue. SSc stands out as a severely incapacitating and life-threatening inflammatory rheumatic disease, with a largely unknown pathogenesis. We have designed a two-stage genome-wide assoc...

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Main Authors: Yannick Allanore, Mohamad Saad, Philippe Dieudé, Jérôme Avouac, Jorg H W Distler, Philippe Amouyel, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Gabriella Riemekasten, Paolo Airo, Inga Melchers, Eric Hachulla, Daniele Cusi, H-Erich Wichmann, Julien Wipff, Jean-Charles Lambert, Nicolas Hunzelmann, Kiet Tiev, Paola Caramaschi, Elisabeth Diot, Otylia Kowal-Bielecka, Gabriele Valentini, Luc Mouthon, László Czirják, Nemanja Damjanov, Erika Salvi, Costanza Conti, Martina Müller, Ulf Müller-Ladner, Valeria Riccieri, Barbara Ruiz, Jean-Luc Cracowski, Luc Letenneur, Anne Marie Dupuy, Oliver Meyer, André Kahan, Arnold Munnich, Catherine Boileau, Maria Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3131285?pdf=render