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Positive association between STAT4 polymorphisms and polymyositis/dermatomyositis in a Japanese population
  1. Tomoko Sugiura1,
  2. Yasushi Kawaguchi1,
  3. Kanako Goto2,
  4. Yukiko Hayashi2,
  5. Rie Tsuburaya2,
  6. Takefumi Furuya1,
  7. Takahisa Gono1,
  8. Ichizo Nishino2,
  9. Hisashi Yamanaka1
  1. 1Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
  2. 2Department of Neuromuscular Research, Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Yasushi Kawaguchi, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan; y-kawa{at}ior.twmu.ac.jp

Abstract

Objectives To investigate associations between signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4), one of the most commonly acknowledged genes for the risk of multiple autoimmune diseases, with susceptibility to adult-onset polymyositis/dermatomyositis among Japanese individuals.

Methods A single nucleotide polymorphism of STAT4, rs7574865, was genotyped using TaqMan assay in 1143 Japanese individuals. The first set comprised 138 polymyositis/dermatomyositis patients and 289 controls and the second set comprised 322 patients and 394 controls. 460 patients (273 polymyositis and 187 dermatomyositis patients) and 683 controls were genotyped.

Results rs7574865T conferred a risk of polymyositis/dermatomyositis with an OR of 1.37 (95% CI 1.16 to 1.64; p=4x10−4; pcorr=0.0012). Both polymyositis and dermatomyositis exhibited high associations with the rs7574865T allele (polymyositis: OR=1.36, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.67; p=0.0039; pcorr=0.012; dermatomyositis: OR=1.40, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.78; p=0.0054; pcorr=0.016). The association between this STAT4 polymorphism and interstitial lung disease (ILD) was also investigated in the first set of polymyositis/dermatomyositis patients (n=138); those with ILD (n=79) bore rs7574865T more frequently compared with controls (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.28; p=0.013; pcorr=0.039).

Conclusion This is the first study to show a positive association between a STAT4 polymorphism and polymyositis/dermatomyositis, suggesting that polymyositis/dermatomyositis shares a gene commonly associated with the risk of other autoimmune diseases.

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200839

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    • Funding This study was supported, in part, by an intramural research grant (23-4, 2-5) for neurological and psychiatric disorders from NCNP.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval This study was reviewed and approved by the research ethics committees of the Tokyo Women's Medical University and the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.