title: Identification of rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers based on single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotype blocks: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
abstract: Genetics of autoimmune diseases represent a growing domain with surpassing biomarker results with rapid progress. The exact cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is unknown, but it is thought to have both a genetic and an environmental bases. Genetic biomarkers are capable of changing the supervision of RA by allowing not only the detection of susceptible individuals, but also early diagnosis, evaluation of disease severity, selection of therapy, and monitoring of response to therapy. This review is concerned with not only the genetic biomarkers of RA but also the methods of identifying them. Many of the identified genetic biomarkers of RA were identified in populations of European and Asian ancestries. The study of additional human populations may yield novel results. Most of the researchers in the field of identifying RA biomarkers use single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) approaches to express the significance of their results. Although, haplotype block methods are expected to play a complementary role in the future of that field.
authors: Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt.
authors: Mohamed N
authors: MN
authors: Saad
authors: Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt.
authors: Mai S
authors: MS
authors: Mabrouk
authors: Systems and Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors: Ayman M
authors: AM
authors: Eldeib
authors: Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors: Olfat G
authors: OG
authors: Shaker
keywords: Haplotype block; Linkage disequilibrium; Major histocompatibility complex; Rheumatoid arthritis; Single nucleotide polymorphism