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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune diseases characterised by muscle weakness and extramuscular manifestations such as skin rashes and interstitial lung disease. We genotyped 2566 IIM cases of Caucasian descent using the Immunochip; a custom array covering 186 established autoimmune susceptibility loci. The cohort was predominantly comprised of patients with dermatomyositis (DM, n=879), juvenile DM (JDM, n=481), polymyositis (PM, n=931) and inclusion body myositis (n=252) collected from 14 countries through the Myositis Genetics Consortium. RESULTS: The human leucocyte antigen (HLA) and PTPN22 regions reached genome-wide significance (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1558-1566 |
Journal | Annals of the rheumatic diseases |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11 Sept 2015 |
Keywords
- Dermatomyositis
- Gene Polymorphism
- Polymyositis
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MMRG: Manchester Myositis Research Group
Chinoy, H. (PI), Lamb, J. (PI), Ollier, W. (PI), Rothwell, S. (CoI), Lilleker, J. (CoI), Oldroyd, A. (PGR student), Snedden, A. (PGR student), Platt, H. (Support team) & New, P. (Support team)
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