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Identification of a systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility locus at 11p13 between PDHX and CD44 in a multiethnic study.

ABSTRACT: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is considered to be the prototypic autoimmune disease, with a complex genetic architecture influenced by environmental factors. We sought to replicate a putative association at 11p13 not yet exceeding genome-wide significance (p < 5 × 10(-8)) identified in a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Our GWA scan identified two intergenic SNPs located between PDHX and CD44 showing suggestive evidence of association with SLE in cases of European descent (rs2732552, p = 0.004, odds ratio [OR] = 0.78; rs387619, p = 0.003, OR = 0.78). The replication cohort consisted of >15,000 subjects, including 3562 SLE cases and 3491 controls of European ancestry, 1527 cases and 1811 controls of African American (AA) descent, and 1265 cases and 1260 controls of Asian origin. We observed robust association at both rs2732552 (p = 9.03 × 10(-8), OR = 0.83) and rs387619 (p = 7.7 × 10(-7), OR = 0.83) in the European samples with p(meta) = 1.82 × 10(-9) for rs2732552. The AA and Asian SLE cases also demonstrated association at rs2732552 (p = 5 × 10(-3), OR = 0.81 and p = 4.3 × 10(-4), OR = 0.80, respectively). A meta-analysis of rs2732552 for all racial and ethnic groups studied produced p(meta) = 2.36 × 10(-13). This locus contains multiple regulatory sites that could potentially affect expression and functions of CD44, a cell-surface glycoprotein influencing immunologic, inflammatory, and oncologic phenotypes, or PDHX, a subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.

SUBMITTER: Lessard CJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014359 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of a systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility locus at 11p13 between PDHX and CD44 in a multiethnic study.

Lessard Christopher J CJ Adrianto Indra I Kelly Jennifer A JA Kaufman Kenneth M KM Grundahl Kiely M KM Adler Adam A Williams Adrienne H AH Gallant Caroline J CJ Anaya Juan-Manuel JM Bae Sang-Cheol SC Boackle Susan A SA Brown Elizabeth E EE Chang Deh-Ming DM Criswell Lindsey A LA Edberg Jeffrey C JC Freedman Barry I BI Gregersen Peter K PK Gilkeson Gary S GS Jacob Chaim O CO James Judith A JA Kamen Diane L DL Kimberly Robert P RP Martin Javier J Merrill Joan T JT Niewold Timothy B TB Park So-Yeon SY Petri Michelle A MA Pons-Estel Bernardo A BA Ramsey-Goldman Rosalind R Reveille John D JD Song Yeong Wook YW Stevens Anne M AM Tsao Betty P BP Vila Luis M LM Vyse Timothy J TJ Yu Chack-Yung CY Guthridge Joel M JM Bruner Gail R GR Langefeld Carl D CD Montgomery Courtney C Harley John B JB Scofield R Hal RH Gaffney Patrick M PM Moser Kathy L KL

American journal of human genetics 20101230 1

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is considered to be the prototypic autoimmune disease, with a complex genetic architecture influenced by environmental factors. We sought to replicate a putative association at 11p13 not yet exceeding genome-wide significance (p < 5 × 10(-8)) identified in a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Our GWA scan identified two intergenic SNPs located between PDHX and CD44 showing suggestive evidence of association with SLE in cases of European descent (rs2732552, p ...[more]

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Identification of a systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility locus at 11p13 between PDHX and CD44 in a multiethnic study.

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Identification of a systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility locus at 11p13 between PDHX and CD44 in a multiethnic study.

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