Genome-wide association study in a Chinese Han population identifies nine new susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (original) (raw)
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Acknowledgements
We thank all study participants. This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (30972727), the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation (30530670 and 30830089), the Anhui Provincial Special Scientific Program (2007-7) and the Anhui Skin Genetic Study Innovative Research Team Program (TD200701).
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- Jian-Wen Han, Hou-Feng Zheng and Yong Cui: These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Institute of Dermatology and Department of Dermatology at NO. 1 Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
Jian-Wen Han, Hou-Feng Zheng, Yong Cui, Liang-Dan Sun, Dong-Qing Ye, Zhi Hu, Xian-Bo Zuo, Fu-Sheng Zhou, Wen-Hui Du, Yi-Lin Cheng, Jian-Qiang Yang, Song-Ke Shen, Jian Li, Yu-Jun Sheng, Min Gao, Feng-Li Xiao, Cheng Quan, Chi Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Kun-Ju Zhu, Yang Li, Da-Yan Hu, Wen-Sheng Lu, Sheng-Xiu Liu, Hui Li, Yun-Qing Ren, Zai-Xing Wang, Chun-Jun Yang, Pei-Guang Wang, Wen-Ming Zhou, Yong-Mei Lv, An-Ping Zhang, Sheng-Quan Zhang, Da Lin, Feng-Yu Zhang, Sen Yang, Jian-Jun Liu & Xue-Jun Zhang - Key Laboratory of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education, China, Hefei, Anhui, China.,
Jian-Wen Han, Hou-Feng Zheng, Yong Cui, Liang-Dan Sun, Dong-Qing Ye, Zhi Hu, Xian-Bo Zuo, Fu-Sheng Zhou, Wen-Hui Du, Yi-Lin Cheng, Jian-Qiang Yang, Song-Ke Shen, Jian Li, Yu-Jun Sheng, Min Gao, Feng-Li Xiao, Cheng Quan, Chi Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Kun-Ju Zhu, Yang Li, Da-Yan Hu, Wen-Sheng Lu, Sheng-Xiu Liu, Hui Li, Yun-Qing Ren, Zai-Xing Wang, Chun-Jun Yang, Pei-Guang Wang, Wen-Ming Zhou, Yong-Mei Lv, An-Ping Zhang, Sheng-Quan Zhang, Da Lin, Feng-Yu Zhang, Sen Yang, Jian-Jun Liu & Xue-Jun Zhang - Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Jin-Hua Xu & Xue-Jun Zhang - Department of Rheumatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhi-Ming Cai & Qing-Wen Wang - Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Wei Huang, Guo-Ping Zhao, Min Shen & Ying Wang - Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Hong-Fu Xie & Xiao-Xia Zuo - Department of Dermatology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Hong Fang & Wei-Fang Zhu - Department of Dermatology, Epigenetic Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Qian-Jin Lu & Fei Gao - Department of Rheumatology at NO. 1 Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
Jian-Hua Xu - Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
Xiang-Pei Li - Department of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Yun-Feng Pan & Jian-Lin Huang - Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Dan-Qi Deng & Pei-Lian Zhang - Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Fan-Qin Zeng & Qing Guo - Department of Rheumatology, Shenzhen Fourth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhi-Zhong Ye & Bo Li - Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Xiao-Yan Zhang & Li Ma - Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
Fei Hao & Zhi-Fang Zhai - Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Yi Li, Hui Qi Low & Jian-Jun Liu
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X.-J.Z. conceived of this study and obtained financial support. X.-J.Z., J.-J.L. and S.Y. designed the study. J.-W.H., H.-F.Z., Y.C. and L.-D.S. participated in the design and were responsible for sample selection, genotyping and project management. D.-Q.Y., Z.H., Jin-Hua Xu, Z.-M.C., H.-F.X., H.F., Q.-J.L., Jian-Hua Xu, X.-P.L., Y.-F.P., D.-Q.D., F.-Q.Z., Z.-Z.Y., X.-Y.Z., Q.-W.W., F.H., L.M., X.-X.Z., W.-F.Z., F.G., P.-L.Z., Q.G., B.L., M.G., F.-L.X., J.-L.H., S.-X.L., H.L., Z.-X.W., C.-J.Y., P.-G.W., W.-M.Z., A.-P.Z., D.L. and Z.-F.Z. conducted sample selection and data management. W.-H.D., J.-Q.Y., S.-K.S., J.L., Y.-J.S., K.-J.Z., Yang Li, D.-Y.H. and Y.-M.L. undertook recruitment, collected phenotype data, undertook related data handling and calculation, managed recruitment and obtained biological samples. W.H., G.-P.Z., F.-S.Z., Y.-L.C., C.Q., C.Z., Z.Z., W.-S.L., Y.-Q.R., S.-Q.Z., M.S. and Y.W. performed genotyping analysis. H.-F.Z., X.-B.Z., Yi Li, H.Q.L. and F.-Y.Z. undertook data processing, statistical analysis and bioinformatics investigations. All the authors contributed to the final paper, with X.-J.Z., J.-J.L., S.Y., J.-W.H., H.-F.Z., Y.C. and L.-D.S playing key roles.
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Han, JW., Zheng, HF., Cui, Y. et al. Genome-wide association study in a Chinese Han population identifies nine new susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus.Nat Genet 41, 1234–1237 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.472
- Received: 13 July 2009
- Accepted: 09 September 2009
- Published: 18 October 2009
- Issue Date: November 2009
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.472