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ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases2007

TNFSF15 is an ethnic-specific IBD gene.

Yoana Picornell, Ling Mei, Kent Taylor, Huiying Yang, Stephan R Targan, Jerome I Rotter

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Article in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoana PicornellMedical Genetics Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ling Mei
Kent Taylor
Huiying Yang
Stephan R Targan
Jerome I Rotter
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
Using polygenic scores to enhance both variant discovery, and understanding of functional consequences of genetic variation in IBD.P01DK046763 · NIDDK · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI TARGAN, STEPHAN R. · 1992 to 2020
$31.1M
TNF ALPHA AND CROHNS DISEASE MUCOSAL INFLAMMATIONR01DK056328 · NIDDK · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI TARGAN, STEPHAN R. · 1999 to 2018
$6.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK46763NIDDK NIH HHS DK56328NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK046763NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a clinically and, likely, genetically heterogeneous group of disorders. A recent report suggests that genetic variations in the TNFSF15 gene contribute to the susceptibility of IBD in both Japanese and Caucasian populations. The aim was to confirm the association between TNFSF15 high- and low-risk haplotypes and IBD in a Caucasian population.

methodsFive single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that comprise the 2 common haplotypes were genotyped in 599 Caucasian patients with Crohn's disease (CD), 382 Caucasian patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and 230 ethnically matched healthy controls, including both Jews and non-Jews.

resultsThe previously reported 'risk' haplotype was not associated with CD or UC (88.2% in CD cases versus 88.3% in controls, P = 0.96; 88.1% in UC cases versus 88.3% in controls, P = 0.78). We did, however, observe an increased frequency of the "protective" haplotype in non-Jewish controls for both CD and UC (38.8% CD cases versus 50% controls, P = 0.01; 37.3% UC cases versus 50% controls, P = 0.01) with no such effect observed in the Jewish samples. There was an interactive effect between ethnicity and the protective haplotype in CD (P = 0.04).

conclusionsWe observed a protective haplotype, consisting of the minor alleles for all 5 markers, to have a higher frequency in the non-Jewish controls than in CD and UC. Of further interest, the haplotype frequency was in the opposite direction in our Jewish case-control panels (both CD and UC), leading us to conclude 1) that TNFSF15 is indeed an IBD susceptibility gene, and 2) the disease susceptibility is ethnic-specific.

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AllelesCase-Control StudiesColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseEthnicityGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHaplotypesHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesJewsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 15White PeopleTNFSF15 protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 15

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PMID17663424
PMCPMC2552994
OpenAlexW2056668284

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