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SUBMITTER: Rothwell S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578230 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rothwell Simon S Cooper Robert G RG Lamb Janine A JA Chinoy Hector H
Current rheumatology reports 20141001 10
This review outlines the progress that has been made in understanding the genetics of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in the previous 2 years, with a particular focus on dermatomyositis and polymyositis. A recent genome-wide association study in dermatomyositis has confirmed the importance of the major histocompatibility region in this disease, and has suggested a shared genetic etiology with other autoimmune disorders. This has led to an ongoing study of additional immune-related loci us ...[more]