scispace - formally typeset
M

Michelle M. A. Fernando

Researcher at King's College London

Publications -  16
Citations -  2680

Michelle M. A. Fernando is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Linkage disequilibrium & Human leukocyte antigen. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 2463 citations. Previous affiliations of Michelle M. A. Fernando include Hammersmith Hospital & Imperial College London.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Genome-wide association scan in women with systemic lupus erythematosus identifies susceptibility variants in ITGAM, PXK, KIAA1542 and other loci.

TL;DR: The results show that numerous genes, some with known immune-related functions, predispose to SLE, and evidence of association with replication is found at FCGR2A, PTPN22 and STAT4, regions previously associated with SLE and other autoimmune diseases.
Journal ArticleDOI

Identification of two independent risk factors for lupus within the MHC in United Kingdom families

TL;DR: A family-based approach is used to map association signals across the MHC class II and class III regions in a cohort of 314 complete United Kingdom Caucasian SLE trios by typing tagging SNPs together with classical typing of the HLA-DRB1 locus and demonstrates the presence of two distinct and independent association signals.