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Genome-wide association study identifies two risk loci for tuberculosis in Han Chinese

Authors :
Ruijuan Zheng
Zhiqiang Li
Fusheng He
Haipeng Liu
Jianhua Chen
Jiayu Chen
Xuefeng Xie
Juan Zhou
Hao Chen
Xiangyang Wu
Juehui Wu
Boyu Chen
Yahui Liu
Haiyan Cui
Lin Fan
Wei Sha
Yin Liu
Jiqiang Wang
Xiaochen Huang
Linfeng Zhang
Feifan Xu
Jie Wang
Yonghong Feng
Lianhua Qin
Hua Yang
Zhonghua Liu
Zhenglin Cui
Feng Liu
Xinchun Chen
Shaorong Gao
Silong Sun
Yongyong Shi
Baoxue Ge
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Genetic risk loci for tuberculosis (TB) have so far been identified in African and Russian populations. Here, the authors perform a three-stage GWAS for TB in Han Chinese populations and find two risk loci near ESRRB and TGM6 and further demonstrate that tgm6 protects mice from Mtb infection.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.25f58a54d96443bbd352c706c5d3f44
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06539-w