Combining global genome and transcriptome approaches to identify the candidate genes of small-effect quantitative trait loci in collagen-induced arthritis

Combining global genome and transcriptome approaches to identify the candidate genes of small-effect quantitative trait loci in collagen-induced arthritis Xinhua Yu1, Kristin Bauer1, Dirk Koczan2, Hans-Jürgen Thiesen2 and Saleh M Ibrahim1 1Immunogenetics 2Institute Group, University of Rostock, Schillingallee, 18055 Rostock, Germany for Immunology, University of Rostock, Schillingallee, 18055 Rostock, Germany Corresponding author: Saleh M Ibrahim, saleh.ibrahim@med.uni-rostock.de Received: 19 Sep 2006 Revisions requested: 16 Oct 2006 Revisions received: 5 Dec 2006 Accepted: 23 Jan 2007 Published: 23 Jan 2007 Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:R3 (doi:10.1186/ar2108) This article is online at: http://arthritis-research.com/content/9/1/R3 © 2007 Yu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open...