Research Article

The Autoimmune Tautology: An In Silico Approach

Table 5

Relevance on autoimmunity GWAS of the genes with a contribution higher than 1% to two or more clusters of the studied autoimmune diseases.

GeneFull nameLocationGWAS catalogueReference

HLA-DQB1Major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 16p21.3MS, PBC, RA, SSc, CD, UC, CrD[31]
CD4CD4 molecule12pter-p12
CTLA4Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 42q33T1D, RA, MS, SLE, CD[32, 33]
FASLGFas ligand (TNF superfamily, member 6)1q23CD, CrD
IL1BInterleukin 1, beta2q14
IL10Interleukin 101q31-q32T1D, SLE, UC, CrD[34]

MS: multiple sclerosis, PBC: primary biliar cirrhosis, RA: rheumatoid arthitis, SSc: systemic sclerosis, CD: celiac disease, CrD: crohn disease, T1D: Type 1 diabetes, SLE: systemic lupus erithematosus, UC: ulcerative colitis, PSO: Psoriasis.