https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19563 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:58:24 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26880 -8). Limitations, Reasons for Caution: The meta-analysis for moderate-to-severe endometriosis included results of moderate-to-severe endometriosis cases from our European data sets and all endometriosis cases from the Japanese data sets, as disease stage information was not available for endometriosis cases in the Japanese data sets. Wider Implications of the Findings: SNP rs6542095 is located ~2.3 kb downstream of the IL1A gene and ~6.9 kb upstream of cytoskeleton-associated protein 2-like (CKAP2L) gene. The IL1A gene encodes the IL1a protein, a member of the interleukin 1 cytokine family which is involved in various immune responses and inflammatory processes. These results provide important replication in an independent Japanese sample and, for the first time, association of the IL1A locus in endometriosis patients of European ancestry. SNPs within the IL1A locus may regulate other genes, but if IL1A is the target, our results provide supporting evidence for a link between inflammatory responses and the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Study Funding/Competing Interest(s): The research was funded by grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust. None of the authors has competing interests for the study.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:41:44 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26416 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:27:57 AEDT ]]>