Abstract:Objective: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. The study objective was to examine the contribution of rare genetic variations in RP. Methods: We performed a case-control exome-wide rare variant association analysis including 66 unrelated European American RP cases and 2923 healthy controls. Gene-level collapsing analysis was performed using Firth's logistics regression. Pathway analysis was performed on an exploratory basis with three different methods: Gene Se… Show more
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