Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

Ashley H Beecham, Nikolaos A Patsopoulos, Dionysia K Xifara, Mary F Davis, Anu Kemppinen, Chris Cotsapas, Tejas S Shah, Chris Spencer, David Booth, An Goris, Annette Oturai, Janna Saarela, Bertrand Fontaine, Bernhard Hemmer, Claes Martin, Frauke Zipp, Sandra D'Alfonso, Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi, Bruce Taylor, Hanne F HarboIngrid Kockum, Jan Hillert, Tomas Olsson, Maria Ban, Jorge R Oksenberg, Rogier Hintzen, Lisa F Barcellos, Cristina Agliardi, Lars Alfredsson, Mehdi Alizadeh, Carl Anderson, Robert Andrews, Helle Bach Søndergaard, Amie Baker, Gavin Band, Sergio E Baranzini, Nadia Barizzone, Jeffrey Barrett, Céline Bellenguez, Laura Bergamaschi, Luisa Bernardinelli, Achim Berthele, Viola Biberacher, Thomas Binder, Hannah Blackburn, Izaura L Bomfim, Paola Brambilla, Simon Broadley, Finn Sellebjerg, Per Soelberg Sorensen, International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC)

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Abstract

Using the ImmunoChip custom genotyping array, we analyzed 14,498 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 24,091 healthy controls for 161,311 autosomal variants and identified 135 potentially associated regions (P
Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Genetics
Volume45
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)1353-60
Number of pages8
ISSN1061-4036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2013

Keywords

  • Chromosome Mapping
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Loci
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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