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Human Immune System Diversity and its Implications in Diseases
Featuring seven review articles specially solicited from the leading researchers of the field, the special section in the Journal of Human Genetics November issue focuses on Human Immune System Diversity and its Implications in Diseases. In order to make these special contents widely available, we are making these papers freely available until January 2016.
Editorial
Human immune system diversity and its implications in diseases
Naoyuki Tsuchiya and Jun Ohashi
J Hum Genet 60: 655–656 doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.101
Reviews
Genetics of autoimmune diseases: insights from population genetics Open
Paula S Ramos, Andrew M Shedlock and Carl D Langefeld
J Hum Genet 60: 657–664; doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.94
The impact of next-generation sequencing technologies on HLA research Open
Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Takashi Shiina, Atsushi Tajima and Ituro Inoue
J Hum Genet 60: 665–673; doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.102
The genomic landscape of human immune-mediated diseases
Xin Wu, Haiyan Chen and Huji Xu
J Hum Genet 60: 675–681; doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.99
Distribution of HLA haplotypes across Japanese Archipelago: similarity, difference and admixture
Hirofumi Nakaoka and Ituro Inoue
J Hum Genet 60: 683–690; doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.90
Human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms and personalized medicine for rheumatoid arthritis
Hiroshi Furukawa, Shomi Oka, Kota Shimada, Atsushi Hashimoto and Shigeto Tohma
J Hum Genet 60: 691–696; doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.36
Associations of human leukocyte antigens with autoimmune diseases: challenges in identifying the mechanism
Hiroko Miyadera and Katsushi Tokunaga
J Hum Genet 60: 697–702; doi:10.1038/jhg.2015.100
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