Spondyloarthritis refers to a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases that share common
clinical and genetic characteristics. Due to the rapid advances in technology and …

The International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis (IGAS) meeting was held in Houston,
Texas, July 25, 2009. Sixteen investigators from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and …

Modern technological innovations have advanced our understanding of the genetic basis of
spondyloarthritis. In ankylosing spondylitis (AS), where the major histocompatibility complex …

Chronic inflammatory arthritis, a hallmark of several inflammatory rheumatic diseases, and
inflammatory bowel disease are both life-long conditions, with substantial morbidity and …

A genome-wide association study was performed to identify genetic factors involved in
susceptibility to psoriasis (PS) and psoriatic arthritis (PSA), inflammatory diseases of the skin …

Large, well powered genome-wide association studies are currently underway and should
provide further insights into the cause of this common arthritic disease over the next few …

Evaluation of: Liu Y, Helms C, Liao W et al. A genome-wide association study of psoriasis
and psoriatic arthritis identifies new disease loci. PLoS Genet. 4, e1000041 (2008). Genome …

Psoriasis vulgaris (PsV) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are interrelated disorders, PsA
representing a disease within a disease. From an epidemiological perspective, the genetic …

Both ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common, highly heritable
conditions, the pathogenesis of which are incompletely understood. Gene-mapping studies …