SynthesisPLoS genetics2011
A comprehensive analysis of shared loci between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and sixteen autoimmune diseases reveals limited genetic overlap.
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
- Higher odds of periodontitis in systemic lupus erythematosus compared to controls and rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review, meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
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- Association between rs2431697 T allele on 5q33.3 and systemic lupus erythematosus: case-control study and meta-analysis.Clinical rheumatology · 2015Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases.Nature medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Association between the functional ITGAM rs1143679 G/A polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus/lupus nephritis or rheumatoid arthritis: an update meta-analysis.Rheumatology international · 2015Pooled it
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- A genome-wide association study of atopic dermatitis identifies loci with overlapping effects on asthma and psoriasis.Human molecular genetics · 2013Pooled it
- Association of OX40L polymorphisms with sporadic breast cancer in northeast Chinese Han population.PloS one · 2012Trial
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- Interactions between TNFAIP3, PTPN22, and TRAF1-C5 gene polymorphisms in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.Archives of rheumatology · 2024Article
- The 330 risk loci known for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): a review.Frontiers in lupus · 2024Article
- multi-GPA-Tree: Statistical approach for pleiotropy informed and functional annotation tree guided prioritization of GWAS results.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- Supervised Machine Learning Classifies Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients by Subtype Using Whole Exome Sequencing Data.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2023Article
- Association betweenMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Genetic susceptibility for autoimmune diseases and white blood cell count.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
In spite of the well-known clustering of multiple autoimmune disorders in families, analyses of specific shared genes and polymorphisms between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases (ADs) have been limited. Therefore, we comprehensively tested autoimmune variants for association with SLE, aiming to identify pleiotropic genetic associations between these diseases. We compiled a list of 446 non-Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) variants identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of populations of European ancestry across 17 ADs. We then tested these variants in our combined Caucasian SLE cohorts of 1,500 cases and 5,706 controls. We tested a subset of these polymorphisms in an independent Caucasian replication cohort of 2,085 SLE cases and 2,854 controls, allowing the computation of a meta-analysis between all cohorts. We have uncovered novel shared SLE loci that passed multiple comparisons adjustment, including the VTCN1 (rs12046117, P = 2.02×10(-06)) region. We observed that the loci shared among the most ADs include IL23R, OLIG3/TNFAIP3, and IL2RA. Given the lack of a universal autoimmune risk locus outside of the MHC and variable specificities for different diseases, our data suggests partial pleiotropy among ADs. Hierarchical clustering of ADs suggested that the most genetically related ADs appear to be type 1 diabetes with rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease with ulcerative colitis. These findings support a relatively distinct genetic susceptibility for SLE. For many of the shared GWAS autoimmune loci, we found no evidence for association with SLE, including IL23R. Also, several established SLE loci are apparently not associated with other ADs, including the ITGAM-ITGAX and TNFSF4 regions. This study represents the most comprehensive evaluation of shared autoimmune loci to date, supports a relatively distinct non-MHC genetic susceptibility for SLE, provides further evidence for previously and newly identified shared genes in SLE, and highlights the value of studies of potentially pleiotropic genes in autoimmune diseases.
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