Xiong-Ming Pu

TL;DR: Six new susceptibility loci associated with psoriasis in the Chinese study containing the candidate genes ERAP1, PTTG1, CSMD1, GJB2, SERPINB8 and ZNF816A are identified and the heterogeneity of disease susceptibility between the Chinese and European populations is highlighted.

TL;DR: Genetic variants in or near CDKN1B, TET3, CD80, DRAM1, and ARID5B are identified as associated with SLE and point to potential roles of cell-cycle regulation, autophagy, and DNA demethylation in SLE pathogenesis.

TL;DR: The study provides new insights into the genetic basis of vitiligo and identified one previously undescribed risk locus at 6q27, which contains three genes: RNASET2, FGFR1OP and CCR6.

TL;DR: Findings provide indirect support that vitiligo pathogenesis involves a complex interplay between immune regulatory factors and melanocyte-specific factors and highlight similarities and differences in the genetic basis of vitiliga in Chinese and Caucasian populations.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper identified susceptibility SNPs by performing a GWAS in Chinese Han adults with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), which revealed that CSU shares genetic overlap with autoimmune diseases and that genetic factors predisposing to CSU mainly manifest through associations with autoimmune traits.