Normal allele: GG
The STAT4 risk haplotype is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus through two independent effects that correlate with gene expression and act additionally with IRF5 to increase risk.
Polymorphism rs3821236 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
19165918 Genetic variants near TNFAIP3 on 6q23 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
19440199 Recent insights into the genetic basis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
19644876 Association of STAT4 and BLK, but not BANK1 or IRF5, with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
20383147 Genome-wide association study of systemic sclerosis identifies CD247 as a new susceptibility locus.
20392289 Genetic associations in type I interferon related pathways with autoimmunity.
20652065 Interferon alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus.
20933377 Recent findings on genetics of systemic autoimmune diseases.
21750679 Genome-wide scan identifies TNIP1, PSORS1C1, and RHOB as novel risk loci for systemic sclerosis.
21852963 Pervasive sharing of genetic effects in autoimmune disease.
22440820 IRF5 polymorphism predicts prognosis in patients with systemic sclerosis.
22536486 Lupus nephritis: an overview of recent findings.
25777745 Recent advances in the genetics of systemic sclerosis: toward biological and clinical significance.
27134258 Analysis of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Genes in a Turkish Population.
30770922 Genetics and epigenetics of primary Sjögren's syndrome.
31872004 Data on a genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in a Maya population.
34176465 Association between STAT4 gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetes risk in Chinese Han population.
35382527 Genetics of systemic sclerosis.