PSORS5

PSORS5 (PSORS5 stands for psoriasis susceptibility locus 5) is a psoriasis susceptibility locus located in chromosomal region 3q21.PSORS5 was primarily identified in patients from southwestern Sweden.

1. Enlund F et al (1999) Identification of a psoriasis susceptibility candidate gene by linkage disequilibrium mapping with a localized single nucleotide polymorphism map. Eur J Hum Genet PMID 10573011
2. Vasilopoulos Y et al. (2011) Association analysis of the skin barrier gene cystatin A at the PSORS5 locus in psoriatic patients: evidence for interaction between PSORS1 and PSORS5. J Hum Genet PMID 21412248