Table 1

Genomic regions and candidate genes identified for case-control study of rheumatoid arthritis in GAW16

Chromosome

Genomic region (Mb)

SNP with the largest effect

Number of genes

Candidate genes


6p21.33

31.55-31.62

rs2523647

4

MICB-001; MICB-002; MCCD1-001; BAT1

6p21.32

32.33-32.41

rs10484560

1

C6orf10

6p21.32

32.47-32.69

rs3135363

6

BTNL2; HLA-DRA; AL662796.6; HLA-DRB9; HLA-DRB5; HLA-DRB1

6p21.32

37.74-32.79

rs9275601

1

HLA-DQB1

6p21.32

32.87-32.97

rs9380326

5

HLA-DOB; TAP2; PSMB8; PSMB9; TAP1

6p21.32

33.21-33.29

rs3130237

rs6901221

5

COL11A2; RXRB; SLC39A7; HSD17B8; RING1

9q33.1

12.05-12.12

rs2900180

3

DBC1; TRAF1a; C5a

10q11.22

49.64-49.79

rs2671692

2

C10orf64; LRRC18

18q12.1

26.82-26.88

rs2852003

1

DSC3


aThe identified SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium with these genes.

Zhang et al. BMC Proceedings 2009 3(Suppl 7):S17  

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