| Literature DB >> 21167895 |
Ping Li1, Chunwei Cao, Haixia Luan, Chaohua Li, Chaojun Hu, Shulan Zhang, Xiaofeng Zeng, Fengchun Zhang, Changqing Zeng, Yongzhe Li.
Abstract
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide association studies have identified SLE susceptibility variations at the IRF7/KIAA1542 locus and with STAT4 gene in European populations. We decided to investigate the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IRF7/KIAA1542 region (rs4963128, rs2246614, and rs702966) and in STAT4 (rs7574865 and rs7582694) with SLE disease in a Northern Han Chinese population of 748 patients and 750 healthy controls. Our study indicated a strong association between rs7574865 (odds ratio = 0.68; 95% confidence interval 0.59-0.79; p = 1.57 × 10(-6)) and SLE and between rs7574865 and the production of anti-Sm antibodies. Additionally, rs4963128 and rs2246614 were correlated with a variety of clinical subphenotypes, such as lupus nephritis, arthritis, and the production of anti-SSA/B autoantibodies, despite a lack of significant association between these two SNPs and SLE disease susceptibility in general.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 21167895 DOI： 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.12.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Immunol ISSN： 0198-8859 Impact factor: 2.850