Dissection of a complex disease susceptibility region using a Bayesian stochastic search approach to fine mapping
Chris Wallace, Antony J Cutler, Nikolas Pontikos, Marcin L Pekalski, Oliver S Burren, Jason D Cooper, Arcadio Rubio Garcia, Ricardo C Ferreira, Hui Guo, Neil M Walker, Deborah J Smyth, Stephen S Rich, Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, Stephen S Sawcer, Maria Ban, , Linda Wicker
This study uses a Bayesian stochastic search method to fine map genetic variants in the IL-2RA region associated with multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes, identifying shared causal variants.
PLOS Genetics · Jun 24, 2015Peer-reviewedGenetics