genetics Archives - Page 22 of 26 - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1573 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Major Histocompatibility Antigen HLA-DQ6.1 (DQA1*0103/DQB1*0601) Increases Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Independent of Shared Epitope Among Indians
Able Lawrence¹, Swayam Prakash², Uddalak Bharadwaj³, Amita Aggarwal⁴, Ramnath Misra⁴ and Suraksha Agrawal², ¹Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India, ²Medical Genetics, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India, ³MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: The association of HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not completely explain MHC association. The HLA-DRB1 alleles are classified into high…
Abstract Number: 2032 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide Association Analysis Reveals Novel Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Susceptibility Loci
Laura A McIntosh¹, Miranda C Marion², Marc Sudman¹, Mary E Comeau², Sampath Prahalad³, John F. Bohnsack⁴, Johannes P Haas⁵, Carol A Wallace⁶, Daniel J Lovell⁷, Thomas A Griffin⁸, Mara L Becker⁹, Peter A Nigrovic^10,11, Marilynn Punaro¹², Carlos D Rosé¹³, Carol A Wise¹⁴, Halima Moncrieffe¹⁵, Timothy D Howard¹⁶, Carl D Langefeld¹⁷, Susan D Thompson^15,18 and Boston Children’s JIA Registry, JIA gene expression studies, NIAMS JIA genetic registry, TREAT study, Understanding TNF Therapy in JIA Project, ¹Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Biostatistical Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Pediatrics, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵German Centre for Rheumatology in Children and Young People, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ⁶Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁷Rheumatology, PRCSG Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cinncinnati, OH, ⁸Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, ⁹Rheumatology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, ¹³Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, DE, ¹⁴Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁶Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ¹⁷Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ¹⁸Center for Autoimmune Disease Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common childhood rheumatic disease, affecting approximately 1 in 1,000 children. JIA is a complex genetic trait and…
Abstract Number: 2033 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multi-Dimensional Genomic Map for Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
James Jarvis¹, Lisha Zhu², Kaiyu Jiang³, Michael Buck², Yanmin Chen³, Halima Moncrieffe⁴, Laura Brungs⁴, Tao Liu⁵ and Ting Wang⁶, ¹Pediatrics, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, ²Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁶Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a complex trait characterized by gene-environment interactions. While we are beginning to identify multiple genomic regions associated with…
Abstract Number: 2035 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dosage Contribution of a Non-Classical HLA Gene, HLA-Doa, to the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yukinori Okada¹, Akari Suzuki², Katsunori Ikari³, Chikashi Terao⁴, Yuta Kochi², Koichiro Ohmura⁵, Koichiro Higasa⁵, Masato Akiyama², Kyoto Ashikawa², Masahiro Kanai², Jun Hirata¹, Naomasa Suita¹, Yik-Ying Teo⁶, Huji Xu⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae⁸, Yukihide Momozawa², koichi Matsuda⁹, Shigeki Momohara¹⁰, Atsuo Taniguchi¹⁰, Ryo Yamada⁵, Tsuneyo Mimori⁵, Michiaki Kubo², Matthew A. Brown¹¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹², Fumihiko Matsuda⁵, Hisashi Yamanaka¹⁰, Yoichiro Kamatani² and Kazuhiko Yamamoto⁹, ¹Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, ²Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan, ³Inst of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Departments of Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Japan, ⁸Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ⁹The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Despite the progress in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) causal variant mapping, independent localization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) risk from classical HLA genes is…
Abstract Number: 2275 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide Association Study of Gout in New Zealand Polynesian People
Tanya Flynn¹, Ruth Topless¹, Murray Cadzow¹, Amanda Phipps-Green¹, Nick Burns¹, Nicola Dalbeth², Lisa K. Stamp³, Jennie Harre Hindmarsh⁴ and Tony R. Merriman⁵, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴Ngati Porou Hauora Charitable Trust, Te Puia Springs, New Zealand, ⁵Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of gout in New Zealand Polynesian (Māori and Pacific) populations is approximately twice that of the New Zealand European population, with a…
Abstract Number: 2276 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pleiotropic Effect of ABCG2 in Gout
Tony R. Merriman¹, Amanda Phipps-Green², James Boocock², Philip Riches³, Anne-Kathrin Tausche⁴, Timothy Radstake⁵, Matthijs Janssen⁶, Leo .A.B. Joosten⁷, Tim L Jansen⁸, Alexander So⁹, Jennie Harre Hindmarsh¹⁰, Lisa K. Stamp¹¹, Nicola Dalbeth¹² and Rebekah Wrigley², ¹Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁴Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands, ⁷Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹⁰Ngati Porou Hauora Charitable Trust, Te Puia Springs, New Zealand, ¹¹University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ¹²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: The ABCG2 Q141K (rs2231142) variant is an established cause of hyperuricaemia in Europeans. Although the effect size of ABCG2 rs2231142 on serum urate levels…
Abstract Number: 2277 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exon Sequencing Reveals a Significant Burden of Non-Synonymous Variants in Both SLC22A11 (OAT4) and SLC22A12 (URAT1) in European Hyperuricemic Individuals
Tanya Flynn¹, James Boocock¹, Murray Cadzow¹, Ruth Topless¹, Amanda Phipps-Green¹, Nicola Dalbeth², Lisa K. Stamp³, David B. Mount⁴, Asim Mandal⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵, Eli A. Stahl⁶ and Tony R. Merriman⁷, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Common variants within the uric acid transporter genes SLC22A11 (OAT4) and SLC22A12 (URAT1) have been associated with hyperuricaemia and gout in multiple populations, but…
Abstract Number: 3225 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare Protein-Coding Variants in Behcet’s Disease
Mikhail Ognenovski¹, Paul Renauer¹, Ina Koetter², Joerg C. Henes³, Bruno Casali⁴, Carlo Salvarani⁵, Haner Direskeneli⁶, Kenneth M. Kaufman⁷ and Amr H. Sawalha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine IV Rheumatology, Asklepios Klinik Altona, Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology Division, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Divisione di Biologia Molecolare, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Behcet’s disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, skin lesions, uveitis, and other organ complications such as…
Abstract Number: 3227 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Novel Protein-Coding Genetic Variants Associated with Takayasu Arteritis
Paul Renauer¹, Patrick Coit¹, Peter A. Merkel² and Amr H. Sawalha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis is a rare large vessel vasculitis of unclear etiology. Previous studies identified associations between Takayasu arteritis and genetic variants within HLA class…
Abstract Number: 93 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An HLA-C Amino Acid Variant in Addition to HLA-B*27 Confers Risk for Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Korean Population
Kwangwoo Kim¹, So-Young Bang², Seunghun Lee³, Hye-Soon Lee², Seung-Cheol Shim⁴, Young Mo Kang⁵, Chang-Hee Suh⁶, Celi Sun⁷, Swapan Nath⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae² and Tae-Hwan Kim², ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, ⁵Dept of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁶Allergy-Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a highly heritable rheumatic disease causing chronic inflammation of axial spine, joints and various organs. The presence of HLA-B*27 is…
Abstract Number: 3248 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Factors Explain Multi-Site Pain Caused By Obesity: A 5-Year Follow-up Study in Older Adults?
Feng Pan¹, Laura Laslett², Russell Thomson², Tania Winzenberg³, Flavia Cicuttini⁴, Changhai Ding⁵ and Graeme Jones⁵, ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ²Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Joint pain is common in older adults; typically multiple joints are involved. Obesity is an important risk factor in pathogenesis of multi-site joint pain…
Abstract Number: 99 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Personalised Genetic Medicine: HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions 11, 71 and 74 Predict Inflammation Level, Disease Activity and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stephanie Ling¹, Sebastien Viatte², Mark Lunt³, Alper van Sijl⁴, Lucía Silva Fernández^4,5, Soumya Raychaudhuri^2,6,7, Deborah P.M. Symmons^4,8, Adam Young^9,10, Alex J Macgregor¹¹ and Anne Barton¹², ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Mancheser Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain, ⁶Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Medical and Population Genetics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹Rheumatology, ERAS, St Albans City Hospital, St Albans, United Kingdom, ¹⁰School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, ¹¹School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Amino acid (AA) positions 11, 71 and 74 inside HLA-DRB1 confer susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). AAs from these positions form 16 haplotypes, hierarchically…
Abstract Number: 109 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of HLA-G and Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor A3 Polymorphisms with the Susceptibility to Pulmonary Hyterpention in Systemic Sclerosis
Yuki Hachiya¹, Aya Kawasaki¹, Takashi Matsushita², Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Shouhei Nagaoka³, Kota Shimada⁴, Shoji Sugii⁴, Keigo Setoguchi⁵, Akira Okamoto⁶, Noriyuki Chiba⁷, Eiichi Suematsu⁸, Masao Katayama⁹, Shunsei Hirohata¹⁰, Hajime Kono¹¹, Kiyoshi Migita¹², Takayuki Sumida¹³, Shigeto Tohma¹⁴, Minoru Hasegawa¹⁵, Manabu Fujimoto¹⁶, Shinichi Sato¹⁷, Kazuhiko Takehara¹⁸ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹⁹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan, ⁵Department of Allergy and Immunological Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology,, Himeji Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Himeji, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Morioka National Hospital, NHO, Iwate, Japan, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Research Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁰Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁴Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹⁵Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁷Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ¹⁹Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a non-classical class I molecule expressed in the immune cells, the spleen, and the lungs, and plays a key…
Abstract Number: 513 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cumulative Association of Genetic Variants with Rheumatoid Joint Damage Progression in Mexican Americans and European Americans
Rector Arya¹, Inmaculada del Rincon², Jose Felix Restrepo³, Vidya S Farook⁴, Christopher P Jenkinson⁵, Ravindranath Duggirala⁶ and Agustin Escalante⁷, ¹Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ³Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, ⁵University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Regional Academic Health Center, Harlingen, TX, ⁷Dept. of Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Genealogical and genetic association studies have suggested that joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be heritable. We and others have found a number…
Abstract Number: 1210 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic, Environmental, and Serologic Risk Factors for Inflammatory Joint Signs Among First-Degree Relatives without Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Prospective Cohort
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Kevin D. Deane³, Ryan W. Gan⁴, Kristen Demoruelle³, Marie L. Feser³, LauraKay Moss³, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Richard M. Keating⁶, Karen H. Costenbader⁷, Peter K. Gregersen⁸, Michael H. Weisman⁹, Ted R. Mikuls¹⁰, James R. O'Dell¹⁰, V. Michael Holers³, Jill M. Norris⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Feinstein Insititute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Family history of RA in a first-degree relative increases RA risk 4-fold. Determining risk factors for inflammatory joint signs (IJS) in this high risk…

Abstracts tagged "genetics"

Major Histocompatibility Antigen HLA-DQ6.1 (DQA10103/DQB10601) Increases Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Independent of Shared Epitope Among Indians

Genome-Wide Association Analysis Reveals Novel Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Susceptibility Loci

A Multi-Dimensional Genomic Map for Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Dosage Contribution of a Non-Classical HLA Gene, HLA-Doa, to the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Genome-Wide Association Study of Gout in New Zealand Polynesian People

Pleiotropic Effect of ABCG2 in Gout

Exon Sequencing Reveals a Significant Burden of Non-Synonymous Variants in Both SLC22A11 (OAT4) and SLC22A12 (URAT1) in European Hyperuricemic Individuals

Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare Protein-Coding Variants in Behcet’s Disease

Identification of Novel Protein-Coding Genetic Variants Associated with Takayasu Arteritis

An HLA-C Amino Acid Variant in Addition to HLA-B*27 Confers Risk for Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Korean Population

Which Factors Explain Multi-Site Pain Caused By Obesity: A 5-Year Follow-up Study in Older Adults?

Personalised Genetic Medicine: HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions 11, 71 and 74 Predict Inflammation Level, Disease Activity and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Association of HLA-G and Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor A3 Polymorphisms with the Susceptibility to Pulmonary Hyterpention in Systemic Sclerosis

Cumulative Association of Genetic Variants with Rheumatoid Joint Damage Progression in Mexican Americans and European Americans

Genetic, Environmental, and Serologic Risk Factors for Inflammatory Joint Signs Among First-Degree Relatives without Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Prospective Cohort