GLADEL established a collaboration within Latin America centers (the Genome Network systemic lupus erythematosus: GLA-GENLES consortium) and international researchers with expertise in genetics.

 

The aims are to identify genome-wide associations and to examine the relationship between genetic ancestry, sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features in a large cohort of American Indian-European SLE patients. The identification of new genes for lupus in individuals with Amerindian ancestry and the genetic structure contributed by the admixture will provide new information on the mechanisms behind the disease in these populations.

 

Several of these have already been accomplished. See all the collaborative publications.