Extended analysis of a genome-wide association study in primary sclerosing cholangitis detects multiple novel risk loci.

  • Trine Folseraas
  • Espen Melum
  • Philipp Rausch
  • Brian D Juran
  • Eva Ellinghaus
  • Alexey Shiryaev
  • Jon K Laerdahl
  • David Ellinghaus
  • Christoph Schramm
  • Tobias J Weismüller
  • Daniel Nils Gotthardt
  • Johannes Roksund Hov
  • Ole Petter Clausen
  • Rinse K Weersma
  • Marcel Janse
  • Kirsten Muri Boberg
  • Einar Björnsson
  • Hanns-Ulrich Marschall
  • Isabelle Cleynen
  • Philip Rosenstiel
  • Kristian Holm
  • Andreas Teufel
  • Christian Rust
  • Christian Gieger
  • H-Erich Wichmann
  • Annika Bergquist
  • Euijung Ryu
  • Cyriel Y Ponsioen
  • Heiko Runz
  • Martina Sterneck
  • Severine Vermeire
  • Ulrich Beuers
  • Cisca Wijmenga
  • Erik Schrumpf
  • Michael P Manns
  • Konstantinos N Lazaridis
  • Stefan Schreiber
  • John F Baines
  • Andre Franke
  • Tom H Karlsen

Abstract

A limited number of genetic risk factors have been reported in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). To discover further genetic susceptibility factors for PSC, we followed up on a second tier of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from a genome-wide association study (GWAS).

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN0168-8278
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 08.2012