Analysis of 47 non-MHC Ankylosing Spondylitis Susceptibility Loci Reveals Shared Associated Variants across Caucasians and Han Chinese.

CONCLUSION: Our results provided a detailed spectrum of all the reported non-MHC AS susceptibility loci in Han Chinese, which comprehensively exhibited the ethnic heterogeneity of AS susceptibility and highlighted that 2p15, ERAP1 and NPEPPS-TBKBP1 region may play a critical role in AS pathogenesis across diverse populations. PMID: 31523044 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research