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A rare variant of the TYK2 gene is confirmed to be associated with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT: A rare functional variant within the TYK2 gene (rs34536443) has been reported as protective in multiple sclerosis (MS) in recent studies. However, because of the low frequency of the minor allele (minor allele frequency=0.04), genome-wide significant association has been hard to establish. We genotyped 5429 Nordic MS cases and 6167 healthy controls for this TYK2 non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (ns-SNP), and combined the Nordic genotype data with raw genotypes from previous studies. The combined Nordic analysis showed significant association with MS (P=5 x 10(-4), odds ratio (OR) 0.78), and by mega-analysis of 10 642 MS patients, 10 620 controls and 2110 MS trios, the association at genome-wide significance level (P=5.08 x 10(-9), OR 0.77) was shown.

SUBMITTER: Mero IL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2987240 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A rare variant of the TYK2 gene is confirmed to be associated with multiple sclerosis.

Mero Inger-Lise IL Lorentzen Aslaug R AR Ban Maria M Smestad Cathrine C Celius Elisabeth G EG Aarseth Jan H JH Myhr Kjell-Morten KM Link Jenny J Hillert Jan J Olsson Tomas T Kockum Ingrid I Masterman Thomas T Oturai Annette Bang AB Søndergaard Helle Bach HB Sellebjerg Finn F Saarela Janna J Kemppinen Anu A Elovaara Irina I Spurkland Anne A Dudbridge Frank F Lie Benedicte A BA Harbo Hanne F HF

European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20091104 4

A rare functional variant within the TYK2 gene (rs34536443) has been reported as protective in multiple sclerosis (MS) in recent studies. However, because of the low frequency of the minor allele (minor allele frequency=0.04), genome-wide significant association has been hard to establish. We genotyped 5429 Nordic MS cases and 6167 healthy controls for this TYK2 non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (ns-SNP), and combined the Nordic genotype data with raw genotypes from previous studies. ...[more]

PMID: 19888296

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Project description:BackgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. The molecular mechanisms contributing to the etiology of MS remain poorly understood. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of MS have identified a small number of genetic loci significant at the genome level, but they are mainly non-coding variants. Network-assisted analysis may help better interpret the functional roles of the variants with association signals and potential translational medicine application. The Dense Module Searching of GWAS tool (dmGWAS version 2.4) developed in our team is applied to 2 MS GWAS datasets (GeneMSA and IMSGC GWAS) using the human protein interactome as the reference network. A dual evaluation strategy is used to generate results with reproducibility.ResultsApproximately 7500 significant network modules were identified for each independent GWAS dataset, and 20 significant modules were identified from the dual evaluation. The top modules included GRB2, HDAC1, JAK2, MAPK1, and STAT3 as central genes. Top module genes were enriched with functional terms such as "regulation of glial cell differentiation" (adjusted p-value = 2.58 × 10- 3), "T-cell costimulation" (adjusted p-value = 2.11 × 10- 6) and "virus receptor activity" (adjusted p-value = 1.67 × 10- 3). Interestingly, top gene networks included several MS FDA approved drug target genes HDAC1, IL2RA, KEAP1, and RELA, CONCLUSIONS: Our dmGWAS network analyses highlighted several genes (GRB2, HDAC1, IL2RA, JAK2, KEAP1, MAPK1, RELA and STAT3) in top modules that are promising to interpret GWAS signals and link to MS drug targets. The genes enriched with glial cell differentiation are important for understanding neurodegenerative processes in MS and for remyelination therapy investigation. Importantly, our identified genetic signals enriched in T cell costimulation and viral receptor activity supported the viral infection onset hypothesis for MS.

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A rare variant of the TYK2 gene is confirmed to be associated with multiple sclerosis.

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A rare variant of the TYK2 gene is confirmed to be associated with multiple sclerosis.

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