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SynthesisAllergy2016

Identification of STOML2 as a putative novel asthma risk gene associated with IL6R.

J A Revez, M C Matheson, J Hui, S Baltic, Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium (AAGC) collaborators, A James, J W Upham, S Dharmage, P J Thompson, N G Martin and 2 more

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Synthesis in Allergy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multifaceted roles of mitochondria in asthma.Cell biology and toxicology · 2024
    Review
  2. Frontiers in genetics · 2022
    Article
  3. Gene expression profile of human lung in a relatively early stage of COPD with emphysema.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

J A RevezQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
M C MathesonMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
J HuiPathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia (WA), Nedlands, WA, Australia.
S BalticInstitute for Respiratory Health, University of WA, Perth, WA, Australia.
Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium (AAGC) collaborators
A JamesBusselton Population Medical Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
J W UphamSchool of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
S DharmageMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
P J ThompsonInstitute for Respiratory Health, University of WA, Perth, WA, Australia.
N G MartinQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
J L HopperMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
M A R FerreiraQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AUInstitute for Respiratory Health · AUPathwest Laboratory Medicine · AUSir Charles Gairdner Hospital · AUUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

Development of a web-based database and research engine for genetic discoveryR44HG006981 · NHGRI · 23ANDME, INC. · PI MOUNTAIN, JOANNA L. · 2013 to 2014
$1.4M
Genetics of Allergic Disease in a Participatory Research CohortR43HL115873 · NHLBI · 23ANDME, INC. · PI HINDS, DAVID ALAN · 2012 to 2012
$143k
NHGRI NIH HHS R44 HG006981NHLBI NIH HHS R43 HL115873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFunctional variants in the interleukin-6 receptor gene (IL6R) are associated with asthma risk. We hypothesized that genes co-expressed with IL6R might also be regulated by genetic polymorphisms that are associated with asthma risk. The aim of this study was to identify such genes.

methodsTo identify genes whose expression was correlated with that of IL6R, we analyzed gene expression levels generated for 373 human lymphoblastoid cell lines by the Geuvadis consortium and for 38 hematopoietic cell types by the Differentiation Map Portal (DMAP) project. Genes correlated with IL6R were then screened for nearby single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were significantly associated with both variation in gene expression levels (eSNPs) and asthma risk.

resultsWe identified 90 genes with expression levels correlated with those of IL6R and that also had a nearby eSNP associated with disease risk in a published asthma GWAS (N = 20 776). For 16 (18%) genes, the association between the eSNP and asthma risk replicated with the same direction of effect in a further independent published asthma GWAS (N = 27 378). Among the top replicated associations (FDR < 0.05) were eSNPs for four known (IL18R1, IL18RAP, BCL6, and STAT6) and one putative novel asthma risk gene, stomatin-like protein 2 (STOML2). The expression of STOML2 was negatively correlated with IL6R, while eSNPs that increased the expression of STOML2 were associated with an increased asthma risk.

conclusionThe expression of STOML2, a gene that plays a key role in mitochondrial function and T-cell activation, is associated with both IL-6 signaling and asthma risk.

Indexed as

Genetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAllelesAsthmaBlood ProteinsCell LineChromosome MappingCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMembrane ProteinsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideBlood ProteinsMembrane ProteinsReceptors, Interleukin-6STOML2 protein, humanallergyIL-6IL-6RmitochondriaSLP2

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PMID26932604
PMCPMC4907821
OpenAlexW2288649857

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