{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Kaur M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>About 5% of western populations are afflicted by autoimmune diseases many of which are affected by sex hormones. Autoimmune diseases are complex and involve many genes. Identifying these disease-associated genes contributes to development of more effective therapies. Also, association studies frequently imply genomic regions that contain disease-associated genes but fall short of pinpointing these genes. The identification of disease-associated genes has always been challenging and to date there is no universal and effective method developed.<h4>Results</h4>We have developed a method to prioritize disease-associated genes for diseases affected strongly by sex hormones. Our method uses various types of information available for the genes, but no information that directly "],"journal":["BMC genomics"],"pagination":["481"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2592250"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Prioritizing genes of potential relevance to diseases affected by sex hormones: an example of myasthenia gravis."],"pmcid":["PMC2592250"],"pubmed_authors":["Schmeier S","MacPherson CR","Hide WA","Bajic VB","Willcox N","Kaur M","Taylor S","Hofmann O"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Prioritizing genes of potential relevance to diseases affected by sex hormones: an example of myasthenia gravis.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>About 5% of western populations are afflicted by autoimmune diseases many of which are affected by sex hormones. Autoimmune diseases are complex and involve many genes. Identifying these disease-associated genes contributes to development of more effective therapies. Also, association studies frequently imply genomic regions that contain disease-associated genes but fall short of pinpointing these genes. The identification of disease-associated genes has always been challenging and to date there is no universal and effective method developed.<h4>Results</h4>We have developed a method to prioritize disease-associated genes for diseases affected strongly by sex hormones. Our method uses various types of information available for the genes, but no information that directly ","dates":{"release":"2008-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2008 Oct","modification":"2025-05-29T19:43:14.808Z","creation":"2025-05-29T19:43:14.808Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2592250","cross_references":{"pubmed":["18851734"],"doi":["10.1186/1471-2164-9-481"]}}