Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprint
Identification and evaluation of 41 risk loci for juvenile idiopathic arthritis informs precision medicine: mechanistic implications of DNA topology and an HLA-A*02:01-ERAP2 interaction
Hannah C. Ainsworth, Ekaterina S Khvatkova, Marc Sudman…·Carl D. Langefeld
This paper identifies 41 risk loci for juvenile idiopathic arthritis, including 14 novel ones, and presents a polygenic risk score associated with age of onset, along with functional mechanisms involving DNA topology and an HLA-A*02:01-ERAP2 interaction.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.26363161