Normal allele: GG
Genetic variation in the IRF8 region is associated with Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Polymorphism rs17445836 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
19865102 Multiple sclerosis susceptibility alleles in African Americans.
20186855 What role for genetics in the prediction of multiple sclerosis?
20362272 Evidence for polygenic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis--the shape of things to come.
20392289 Genetic associations in type I interferon related pathways with autoimmunity.
21247752 Revealing the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis: are we there yet?
21280076 Aggregation of multiple sclerosis genetic risk variants in multiple and single case families.
22046141 Association of NCF2, IKZF1, IRF8, IFIH1, and TYK2 with systemic lupus erythematosus.
22190364 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci.
23730204 Progress in multiple sclerosis genetics.
24943672 Prediction of response to interferon therapy in multiple sclerosis.
25989711 Association of IRF8 gene polymorphisms with autoimmune thyroid disease.
26324017 Immunogenetics of systemic lupus erythematosus: A comprehensive review.
30361804 Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiple sclerosis patients.
30818222 Analysis of chosen SNVs in GPC5, CD58 and IRF8 genes in multiple sclerosis patients.
34751274 Interferon pathway lupus risk alleles modulate risk of death from acute COVID-19.
26794091 Two genetic variations in the IRF8 region are associated with Bechshe disease in Han Chinese.