An in-depth characterization of the major psoriasis susceptibility locus identifies candidate susceptibility alleles within an HLA-C enhancer element.

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated skin disorder that is inherited as a complex genetic trait. Although genome-wide association scans (GWAS) have identified 36 disease susceptibility regions, more than 50% of the genetic variance can be attributed to a single Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) locu...

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Main Authors: Alex Clop, Anna Bertoni, Sarah L Spain, Michael A Simpson, Venu Pullabhatla, Raul Tonda, Christian Hundhausen, Paola Di Meglio, Pieter De Jong, Adrian C Hayday, Frank O Nestle, Jonathan N Barker, Robert J A Bell, Francesca Capon, Richard C Trembath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071690&type=printable
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