Abstract
Objective: To replicate a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of known genes for lupus (IRF5 rs10488631, PTPN22 rs2476601, BLK rs2736340 and TNFAIP3 rs5029939) and other autoimmune diseases (CD28 rs1980422, IL2RA rs2104286 and KIF5A rs1678542) on a newly studied Egyptian cohort to investigate the genetic disparity with different studied ethnic groups in relation to lupus susceptibility. Methods: 170 Egyptian patients from Egypt Delta with SLE and 241 matched healthy controls were genotyped by Taqman real time PCR for the selected SNPs. Results: The results revealed significant association with IRF5 (p<. 0.0001) and PTPN22 (p=0.008) and insignificant association with KIF5A, CD28, IL2RA, BLK and TNFAIP3 genes. Conclusions: This study may provide an additional evidence for the association between IRF5 and PTPN22 and lupus susceptibility and may exclude it for CD28, IL2RA, and KIF5A.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Human Immunology |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 525-531 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 0198-8859 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.01.2015 |
Funding
The authors would like to thank Miriam Freitag for technical assistance. The study was supported by grants from the German Science Foundation (ExC306/1) and BMBF (IMPAM) to Saleh M. Ibrahim. First author received support from the Mansoura University , Egypt and the DAAD , Germany. Appendix A