Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22138694›Full record

ArticleNature genetics2011

A genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies new susceptibility loci for ankylosing spondylitis.

Zhiming Lin, Jin-Xin Bei, Meixin Shen, Qiuxia Li, Zetao Liao, Yanli Zhang, Qing Lv, Qiujing Wei, Hui-Qi Low, Yun-Miao Guo and 41 more

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Nature genetics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Pooled it
  7. Pooled it
  8. Trial
  9. Review
  10. Association ofReumatologia · 2026
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Global epidemiology of spondyloarthritis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

51 authors at 20 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhiming LinDepartment of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jin-Xin Bei
Meixin Shen
Qiuxia Li
Zetao Liao
Yanli Zhang
Qing Lv
Qiujing Wei
Hui-Qi Low
Yun-Miao Guo
Shuangyan Cao
Mingcan Yang
Zaiying Hu
Manlong Xu
Xinwei Wang
Yanlin Wei
Li Li
Chao Li
Tianwang Li
Jianlin Huang
Yunfeng Pan
Ou Jin
Yuqiong Wu
Jing Wu
Zishi Guo
Peigen He
Shaoxian Hu
Husheng Wu
Hui Song
Feng Zhan
Shengyun Liu
Guanmin Gao
Zhangsuo Liu
Yinong Li
Changhong Xiao
Juan Li
Zhizhong Ye
Weizhen He
Dongzhou Liu
Lingxun Shen
Anbin Huang
Henglian Wu
Yi Tao
Xieping Pan
Buyun Yu
E Shyong Tai
Yi-Xin Zeng
Ee Chee Ren
Yan Shen
Jianjun Liu
Jieruo Gu
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNNational University of Singapore · SGPeking University · CNTongji Hospital · CNUnion Hospital · CNAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGDongguan People’s Hospital · CNFourth People's Hospital of Shenzhen · CNFuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNGenome Institute of Singapore · SGGuangdong Medical College · CNJinan University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNSingapore Immunology Network · SGSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNTCM-Intigrated Cancer Center of Southern Medical University · CNThe First People's Hospital of Changzhou · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To identify susceptibility loci for ankylosing spondylitis, we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study in Han Chinese. In the discovery stage, we analyzed 1,356,350 autosomal SNPs in 1,837 individuals with ankylosing spondylitis and 4,231 controls; in the validation stage, we analyzed 30 suggestive SNPs in an additional 2,100 affected individuals and 3,496 controls. We identified two new susceptibility loci between EDIL3 and HAPLN1 at 5q14.3 (rs4552569; P = 8.77 × 10(-10)) and within ANO6 at 12q12 (rs17095830; P = 1.63 × 10(-8)). We also confirmed previously reported associations in Europeans within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region (top SNP, rs13202464; P < 5 × 10(-324)) and at 2p15 (rs10865331; P = 1.98 × 10(-8)). We show that rs13202464 within the MHC region mainly represents the risk effect of HLA-B*27 variants (including HLA-B*2704, HLA-B*2705 and HLA-B*2715) in Chinese. The two newly discovered loci implicate genes related to bone formation and cartilage development, suggesting their potential involvement in the etiology of ankylosing spondylitis.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAsian PeopleCase-Control StudiesChromosomes, Human, Pair 2Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5Genome-Wide Association StudyHumansMajor Histocompatibility ComplexPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSpondylitis, AnkylosingValidation Studies as TopicWhite People

Identifiers

PMID22138694
OpenAlexW2062019717

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.