TY - JOUR
T1 - Implication of IL-2/IL-21 region in systemic sclerosis genetic susceptibility
AU - Diaz-Gallo, Lina Marcela
AU - Simeon, Carmen P.
AU - Broen, Jasper C.
AU - Ortego-Centeno, Norberto
AU - Beretta, Lorenzo
AU - Vonk, Madelon C.
AU - Carreira, Patricia E.
AU - Vargas, Sofia
AU - Román-Ivorra, José Andrés
AU - González-Gay, Miguel A.
AU - Tolosa, Carlos
AU - López-Longo, Francisco Javier
AU - Espinosa, Gerard
AU - Vicente, Esther F.
AU - Hesselstrand, Roger
AU - Riemekasten, Gabriela
AU - Witte, Torsten
AU - Distler, Jörg H.W.
AU - Voskuyl, Alexandre E.
AU - Schuerwegh, Annemie J.
AU - Shiels, Paul G.
AU - Nordin, Annika
AU - Padyukov, Leonid
AU - Hoffmann-Vold, Anna Maria
AU - Scorza, Raffaella
AU - Lunardi, Claudio
AU - Airo, Paolo
AU - Van Laar, Jacob M.
AU - Hunzelmann, Nicolas
AU - Gathof, Birgit S.
AU - Kreuter, Alexander
AU - Herrick, Ariane
AU - Worthington, Jane
AU - Denton, Christopher P.
AU - Zhou, Xiaodong
AU - Arnett, Frank C.
AU - Fonseca, Carmen
AU - Koeleman, Bobby P.C.
AU - Assasi, Shervin
AU - Radstake, Timothy R.D.J.
AU - Mayes, Maureen D.
AU - Martiń, Javier
AU - Callejas, Jose Luis
AU - Ríos, Raquel
AU - Navarrete, Nuria
AU - Portales, Rosa García
AU - Camps, María Teresa
AU - Fernández-Nebro, Antonio
AU - González-Escribano, María F.
AU - Sánchez-Román, Julio
AU - García-Hernández, Francisco J.
AU - Castillo, Ma Jesús
AU - Aguirre, Ma Ángeles
AU - Gómez-Gracia, Inmaculada
AU - Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín
AU - Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis
AU - Andreu, José Luis
AU - De La Peña, Paloma García
AU - Martínez, Lina
AU - Robles, María Ángeles
AU - Oreiro, Natividad
AU - Fonollosa, Vicente
AU - Pros, Anna
AU - Carballeira, Mónica Rodríguez
AU - Narváez, Francisco Javier
AU - Díaz, Bernardino
AU - Trapiella, Luis
AU - Gallego, María
AU - Del Carmen Freire, María
AU - Vaqueiro, Inés
AU - Egurbide, María Victoria
AU - Sáez-Comet, Luis
AU - Díaz, Federico
AU - Hernández, Vanesa
AU - Beltrán, Emma
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Objective: The interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interleukin 21 (IL-21) locus at chromosome 4q27 has been associated with several autoimmune diseases, and both genes are related to immune system functions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the IL-2/IL-21 locus in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Patients and methods: The case control study included 4493 SSc Caucasian patients and 5856 healthy controls from eight Caucasian populations (Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, USA, Italy, Sweden, UK and Norway). Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs2069762, rs6822844, rs6835457 and rs907715) were genotyped using TaqMan allelic discrimination assays. Results: We observed evidence of association of the rs6822844 and rs907715 variants with global SSc ( p c=6.6E-4 and pc=7.2E-3, respectively). Similar statistically significant associations were observed for the limited cutaneous form of the disease. The conditional regression analysis suggested that the most likely genetic variation responsible for the association was the rs6822844 polymorphism. Consistently, the rs2069762A-rs6822844T-rs6835457G-rs907715T allelic combination showed evidence of association with SSc and limited cutaneous SSc subtype (pc=1.7E-03 and pc=8E-4, respectively). Conclusions: These results suggested that the IL-2/IL-21 locus influences the genetic susceptibility to SSc. Moreover, this study provided further support for the IL-2/IL-21 locus as a common genetic factor in autoimmune diseases.
AB - Objective: The interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interleukin 21 (IL-21) locus at chromosome 4q27 has been associated with several autoimmune diseases, and both genes are related to immune system functions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the IL-2/IL-21 locus in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Patients and methods: The case control study included 4493 SSc Caucasian patients and 5856 healthy controls from eight Caucasian populations (Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, USA, Italy, Sweden, UK and Norway). Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs2069762, rs6822844, rs6835457 and rs907715) were genotyped using TaqMan allelic discrimination assays. Results: We observed evidence of association of the rs6822844 and rs907715 variants with global SSc ( p c=6.6E-4 and pc=7.2E-3, respectively). Similar statistically significant associations were observed for the limited cutaneous form of the disease. The conditional regression analysis suggested that the most likely genetic variation responsible for the association was the rs6822844 polymorphism. Consistently, the rs2069762A-rs6822844T-rs6835457G-rs907715T allelic combination showed evidence of association with SSc and limited cutaneous SSc subtype (pc=1.7E-03 and pc=8E-4, respectively). Conclusions: These results suggested that the IL-2/IL-21 locus influences the genetic susceptibility to SSc. Moreover, this study provided further support for the IL-2/IL-21 locus as a common genetic factor in autoimmune diseases.
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U2 - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202357
DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202357
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 23172754
AN - SCOPUS:84878435061
SN - 0003-4967
VL - 72
SP - 1233
EP - 1238
JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
IS - 7
ER -