... City, CA, USA), and association was examined in 308SLE patients and 306 healthy individuals.Statistical analysisAssociation of each SNP was analyzed by chi-square test.Because of the replicative ... Shimane K,Nakamura Y, Toyama Y, Mochizuki T, Tsukahara S, Kawaguchi Y, Terai C, Hara M, Tomatsu T, Yamanaka H, Horiuchi T, Tao K, Yas-utomo K, Hamada D, Yasui N, Inoue H, Itakura M, Okamoto ... focused on the STAT4 region in Caucasians [10], and replication studies in Colombians [11] and a Japanese popu-lation [12] have confirmed the association. In addition, anassociation of STAT4 with...