A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

Nat Genet. 2009 Nov;41(11):1228-33. doi: 10.1038/ng.468. Epub 2009 Oct 18.

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies have recently identified at least 15 susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To confirm additional risk loci, we selected SNPs from 2,466 regions that showed nominal evidence of association to SLE (P < 0.05) in a genome-wide study and genotyped them in an independent sample of 1,963 cases and 4,329 controls. This replication effort identified five new SLE susceptibility loci (P < 5 x 10(-8)): TNIP1 (odds ratio (OR) = 1.27), PRDM1 (OR = 1.20), JAZF1 (OR = 1.20), UHRF1BP1 (OR = 1.17) and IL10 (OR = 1.19). We identified 21 additional candidate loci with P< or = 1 x 10(-5). A candidate screen of alleles previously associated with other autoimmune diseases suggested five loci (P < 1 x 10(-3)) that may contribute to SLE: IFIH1, CFB, CLEC16A, IL12B and SH2B3. These results expand the number of confirmed and candidate SLE susceptibility loci and implicate several key immunologic pathways in SLE pathogenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Co-Repressor Proteins
  • DNA Replication*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-10 / genetics*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / genetics*
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics*
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Co-Repressor Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • JAZF1 protein, human
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • TNIP1 protein, human
  • Interleukin-10
  • PRDM1 protein, human
  • Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1