Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

A phenotypic and genomics approach in a multi-ethnic cohort to subtype systemic lupus erythematosus

  • Cristina M. Lanata,
  • Ishan Paranjpe,
  • Joanne Nititham,
  • Kimberly E. Taylor,
  • Milena Gianfrancesco,
  • Manish Paranjpe,
  • Shan Andrews,
  • Sharon A. Chung,
  • Brooke Rhead,
  • Lisa F. Barcellos,
  • Laura Trupin,
  • Patricia Katz,
  • Maria Dall’Era,
  • Jinoos Yazdany,
  • Marina Sirota,
  • Lindsey A. Criswell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11845-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease of substantial phenotypic heterogeneity in different ethnic groups. Here, using data from a multi-ethnic cohort, the authors describe an approach based on clinical and molecular data to subtype SLE patients into three clusters of severity.