Deletion of <i>LCE3C</i> and <i>LCE3B</i> genes is associated with psoriasis in a northern Chinese population

Abstract

The findings indicate that the LCE3C_LCE3B-del is an important risk factor in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and that the LCE3C_LCE3B-del does not show an epistatic effect with the HLA-Cw6 allele on susceptibility to psoriasis in the northern Chinese population.