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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2024

SOX9 gene shows association with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis predisposition in Northwest Indians.

Hemender Singh, Shipra, Manish Gupta, Nital Gupta, Geetanjali Gupta, Ajay K Pandita, Rajesh Sharma, Sarla Pandita, Vinod Singh, Bhavuk Garg and 2 more

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  2. ESR1 as a candidate gene for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis pathogenesis in North-West Indian population.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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Hemender Singh *Human Genetics Research Group, School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India.
Shipra *Human Genetics Research Group, School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India.
Manish GuptaDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Nital GuptaDistrict Hospital Poonch, Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Geetanjali GuptaDepartment of Radiology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Ajay K PanditaAccidental Hospital, Chowki Choura, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Rajesh SharmaGovernment Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Sarla PanditaChest Disease Hospital, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Vinod SinghHuman Genetics Research Group, School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India.
Bhavuk GargDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ekta RaiHuman Genetics Research Group, School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India. ektarai@mail.jnu.ac.in.
Swarkar SharmaHuman Genetics Research Lab, Centre for Molecular Biology, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, India. swarkar.molb@cujammu.ac.in.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · INGovernment Medical College · INJammu Hospital · INShri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital · INUniversity of Jammu · IN

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Abstract

backgroundAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common structural deformity of the spine affecting adolescent individuals globally. The disorder is polygenic and is accompanied by the association of various genetic loci. Genetic studies in Chinese and Japanese populations have shown the association of genetic variants of SOX9 with AIS curve severity. However, no genetic study evaluating the association of SRY-Box Transcription Factor 9 (SOX9) variants with AIS predisposition has been conducted in any Indian population. Thus, we aimed to investigate the association of the genetic variants of the SOX9 along with 0.88 Mb upstream region with AIS susceptibility in the population of Northwest India.

methodsIn total, 113 AIS cases and 500 non-AIS controls were recruited from the population of Northwest India in the study and screened for 155 genetic variants across the SOX9 gene and 0.88 Mb upstream region of the gene using Global Screening Array-24 v3.0 chip (Illumina). The statistical significance of the Bonferroni threshold was set at 0.000322.

resultThe results showed the association of 11 newly identified variants; rs9302936, rs7210997, rs77736349, rs12940821, rs9302937, rs77447012, rs8071904, rs74898711, rs9900249, rs2430514, and rs1042667 with the AIS susceptibility in the studied population. Only one variant, rs2430514, was inversely associated with AIS in the population, while the ten variants were associated with the AIS risk. Moreover, 47 variants clustered in the gene desert region of the SOX9 gene were associated at a p-value ≤ 0.05.

conclusionThe present study is the first to demonstrate the association of SOX9 enhancer locus variants with AIS in any South Asian Indian population. The results are interesting as rs1042667, a 3' untranslated region (UTR) variant in the exon 3 and upstream variants of the SOX9 gene, were associated with AIS susceptibility in the Northwest Indian population. This provides evidence that the variants in the enhancer region of SOX9 might regulate its gene expression, thus leading to AIS pathology and might act as an important gene for AIS susceptibility.

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ScoliosisAdolescentAsian PeopleCase-Control StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSOX9 Transcription FactorSOX9 protein, humanSOX9 Transcription FactorCase–controlGenetic heterogeneityHigh-throughput genotypingScoliosisSOX9

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