Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies multiple novel associations and ethnic heterogeneity of psoriasis susceptibility

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease with complex genetics and different degrees of prevalence across ethnic populations. Here we present the largest trans-ethnic genome-wide meta-analysis (GWMA) of psoriasis in 15,369 cases and 19,517 controls of Caucasian and Chinese ancestries. We iden...

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Main Authors: Yin, Xianyong, Low, Hui Qi, Wang, Ling, Li, Yonghong, Ellinghaus, Eva, Han, Jiali, Estivill, Xavier, Sun, Liangdan, Zuo, Xianbo, Shen, Changbing, Zhu, Caihong, Zhang, Anping, Sanchez, Fabio, Padyukov, Leonid, Catanese, Joseph J., Krueger, Gerald G., Duffin, Kristina Callis, Mucha, Sören, Weichenthal, Michael, Weidinger, Stephan, Lieb, Wolfgang, Foo, Jia Nee, Li, Yi, Sim, Karseng, Liany, Herty, Irwan, Ishak, Teo, Yikying, Theng, Colin T. S., Gupta, Rashmi, Bowcock, Anne, De Jager, Philip L., Qureshi, Abrar A., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Seielstad, Mark, Liao, Wilson, Ståhle, Mona, Franke, Andre, Zhang, Xuejun, Liu, Jianjun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423213/