A genome-wide association study reveals 2 new susceptibility loci for atopic dermatitis

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
• ² Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
• ³ Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology and Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
• ⁴ Institute of Epidemiology and Biobank PopGen, Christian-Albrechts-Universität of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
• ⁶ Max-Delbrück-Centrum (MDC) for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany; Pediatric Allergy, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• ⁷ Max-Delbrück-Centrum (MDC) for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany.
• ⁸ Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology and Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
• ⁹ Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy, KUNO University Children's Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
• ¹¹ Institute of Dermatology at No. 1 Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
• ¹² Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: sweidinger@dermatology.uni-kiel.de.