Identification of susceptibility loci for Takayasu arteritis through a large multi-ancestral genome-wide association study.
Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández,
Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli,
Fatma Alibaz-Oner,
Sema Kaymaz-Tahra,
Patrick Coit,
Xiufang Kong,
Allan P Kiprianos,
Robert T Maughan,
Sibel Z Aydin,
Kenan Aksu,
Gokhan Keser,
Sevil Kamali,
Murat Inanc,
Jason Springer,
Servet Akar,
Fatos Onen,
Nurullah Akkoc,
Nader A Khalidi,
Curry Koening,
Omer Karadag,
Sedat Kiraz,
Lindsy Forbess,
Carol A Langford,
Carol A McAlear,
Zeynep Ozbalkan,
Sule Yavuz,
Gozde Yildirim Çetin,
Nilufer Alpay-Kanitez,
Sharon Chung,
Askin Ates,
Yasar Karaaslan,
Kathleen McKinnon-Maksimowicz,
Paul A Monach,
Hüseyin TE Ozer,
Emire Seyahi,
Izzet Fresko,
Ayse Cefle,
Philip Seo,
Kenneth J Warrington,
Mehmet A Ozturk,
Steven R Ytterberg,
Veli Cobankara,
Ahmet Mesut Onat,
Nurşen Duzgun,
Muge Bıcakcıgil,
Sibel P Yentür,
Lindsay Lally,
Angelo A Manfredi,
Elena Baldissera,
Eren Erken,
Ayten Yazici,
Bünyamin Kısacık,
Timuçin Kaşifoğlu,
Ediz Dalkilic,
David Cuthbertson,
Christian Pagnoux,
Antoine Sreih,
Guillermo Reales,
Chris Wallace,
Jonathan D Wren,
Deborah S Cunninghame-Graham,
Timothy J Vyse,
Ying Sun,
Huiyong Chen,
Peter C Grayson,
Enrico Tombetti,
Lindi Jiang,
Justin C Mason,
Peter A Merkel,
Haner Direskeneli,
Amr H Sawalha
Nov 26, 2020
Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries. We performed a genetic study in Takayasu arteritis comprising 6,670 individuals (1,226 affected individuals) from five different populations. We discovered HLA...