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Identification of IL18RAP/IL18R1 and IL12B as leprosy risk genes demonstrates shared pathogenesis between inflammation and infectious diseases.

ABSTRACT: Of eight leprosy susceptibility loci identified by genome-wide association studies, five have been implicated in Crohn disease, suggesting a common genetic fingerprint between leprosy and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here, we conducted a multiple-stage genetic association study of 133 IBD susceptibility loci in multiple leprosy samples (totaling 4,971 leprosy cases and 5,503 controls) from a Chinese population and discovered two associations at rs2058660 on 2q12.1 (p = 4.57 × 10(-19); odds ratio [OR] = 1.30) and rs6871626 on 5q33.3 (p = 3.95 × 10(-18); OR = 0.75), implicating IL18RAP/IL18R1 and IL12B as susceptibility genes for leprosy. Our study reveals the important role of IL12/IL18-mediated transcriptional regulation of IFN-? production in leprosy, and together with previous findings, it demonstrates the shared genetic susceptibility between infectious and inflammatory diseases.

SUBMITTER: Liu H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3487119 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of IL18RAP/IL18R1 and IL12B as leprosy risk genes demonstrates shared pathogenesis between inflammation and infectious diseases.

Liu Hong H Irwanto Astrid A Tian Hongqing H Fu Xi'an X Yu Yongxiang Y Yu Gongqi G Low Huiqi H Chu Tongsheng T Li Yi Y Shi Benqing B Chen Mingfei M Sun Yonghu Y Yuan Chunying C Lu Nan N You Jiabao J Bao Fangfang F Li Jinghui J Liu Jian J Liu Huaxu H Liu Dianchang D Yu Xiulu X Zhang Lin L Yang Qing Q Wang Na N Niu Guiye G Ma Shanshan S Zhou Yan Y Wang Chuan C Chen Shumin S Zhang Xuejun X Liu Jianjun J Zhang Furen F

American journal of human genetics 20121025 5

Of eight leprosy susceptibility loci identified by genome-wide association studies, five have been implicated in Crohn disease, suggesting a common genetic fingerprint between leprosy and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here, we conducted a multiple-stage genetic association study of 133 IBD susceptibility loci in multiple leprosy samples (totaling 4,971 leprosy cases and 5,503 controls) from a Chinese population and discovered two associations at rs2058660 on 2q12.1 (p = 4.57 × 10(-19); odds ...[more]

PMID: 23103228

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Identification of IL18RAP/IL18R1 and IL12B as leprosy risk genes demonstrates shared pathogenesis between inflammation and infectious diseases.

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Identification of IL18RAP/IL18R1 and IL12B as leprosy risk genes demonstrates shared pathogenesis between inflammation and infectious diseases.

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