Publication Date:
2015-01-24
Description:
Article Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune disease with a known genetic component. Here, the authors analyse 3,253 AA patients and 7,543 healthy controls, and identify two new risk loci and disrupted immune response pathways associated with the disease. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6966 Authors: Regina C. Betz, Lynn Petukhova, Stephan Ripke, Hailiang Huang, Androniki Menelaou, Silke Redler, Tim Becker, Stefanie Heilmann, Tarek Yamany, Madeliene Duvic, Maria Hordinsky, David Norris, Vera H. Price, Julian Mackay-Wiggan, Annemieke de Jong, Gina M. DeStefano, Susanne Moebus, Markus Böhm, Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, Hans Wolff, Gerhard Lutz, Roland Kruse, Li Bian, Christopher I. Amos, Annette Lee, Peter K. Gregersen, Bettina Blaumeiser, David Altshuler, Raphael Clynes, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Markus M. Nöthen, Mark J. Daly, Angela M. Christiano
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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