A large-scale genetic analysis reveals a strong contribution of the HLA class II region to giant cell arteritis susceptibility.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on March 26, 2015

Authors

F David Carmona1, Sarah L Mackie2, Jose-Ezequiel Martín3, John C Taylor4, Augusto Vaglio5, Stephen Eyre6, Lara Bossini-Castillo3, Santos Castañeda7, Maria C Cid8, José Hernández-Rodríguez8, Sergio Prieto-González8, Roser Solans9, Marc Ramentol-Sintas9, M Francisca González-Escribano10, Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández10, Inmaculada C Morado11, Javier Narváez12, José A Miranda-Filloy13, Spanish GCA Group, Lorenzo Beretta14, Claudio Lunardi15, Marco A Cimmino16, Davide Gianfreda17, Daniele Santilli18, Giuseppe A Ramirez19, Alessandra Soriano20, Francesco Muratore21, Giulia Pazzola21, Olga Addimanda21, Cisca Wijmenga22, Torsten Witte23, Jan H Schirmer24, Frank Moosig24, Verena Schönau25, Andre Franke26, Øyvind Palm27, Øyvind Molberg27, Andreas P Diamantopoulos28, Simon Carette29, David Cuthbertson30, Lindsy J Forbess31, Gary S Hoffman32, Nader A Khalidi33, Curry L Koening34, Carol A Langford32, Carol A McAlear35, Larry Moreland36, Paul A Monach37, Christian Pagnoux29, Philip Seo38, Robert Spiera39, Antoine G Sreih35, Kenneth J Warrington40, Steven R Ytterberg40, Peter K Gregersen41, Colin T Pease42, Andrew Gough43, Michael Green44, Lesley Hordon45, Stephen Jarrett46, Richard Watts47, Sarah Levy48, Yusuf Patel49, Sanjeet Kamath50, Bhaskar Dasgupta51, Jane Worthington6, Bobby P C Koeleman52, Paul I W de Bakker53, Jennifer H Barrett4, Carlo Salvarani21, Peter A Merkel35, Miguel A González-Gay54, Ann W Morgan4, Javier Martín3

Author Affiliations

1: Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra," CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada 18016, Spain. Electronic address: dcarmona@ipb.csic.es.
2: Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine and NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds LS7 4SA, UK.
3: Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra," CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada 18016, Spain.
4: School of Medicine and NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
5: Unit of Nephrology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy.
6: NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester Academy of Health Sciences, Manchester, UK; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University Of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.
7: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid 28006, Spain.
8: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain.
9: Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08035, Spain.
10: Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (IBiS, CSIC, US), Sevilla 41013, Spain.
11: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid 28040, Spain.
12: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08907, Spain.
13: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Xeral-Calde, Lugo 27004, Spain.
14: Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan 20122, Italy.
15: Department of Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Verona 37134, Italy.
16: Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova 16132, Italy.
17: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, School of Medicine, Parma 43126, Italy.
18: Unit of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy.
19: Unit of Internal Medicine and Immunology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan 20132, Italy.
20: Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.
21: Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia 42123, Italy.
22: Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9700, the Netherlands.
23: Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany.
24: Vasculitis Clinic, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt & University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Bad Bramstedt 24576, Germany.
25: Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen 91054, Germany.
26: Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany.
27: Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo 0424, Norway.
28: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand 4604, Norway.
29: Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5T 3L9, Canada.
30: Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
31: Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
32: Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
33: Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 1Y2, Canada.
34: Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
35: Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
36: Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
37: Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
38: Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
39: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA.
40: Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
41: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
42: Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS7 4SA, UK.
43: Department of Rheumatology, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate HG2 7SX, UK.
44: Department of Rheumatology, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York YO31 8HE, UK.
45: Department of Rheumatology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Dewsbury and District Hospital, Dewsbury WF13 4HS, UK.
46: Department of Rheumatology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield WF1 4DG, UK.
47: Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK.
48: Department of Rheumatology, Croydon Health Service NHS Trust, Croydon CR7 7YE, UK.
49: Department of Rheumatology, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull HU3 2JZ, UK.
50: Department of Rheumatology, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Staffordshire ST6 7AG, UK.
51: Department of Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 0RY, UK.
52: Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, the Netherlands.
53: Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, the Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, the Netherlands.
54: Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander 39008, Spain.

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