@article{7b26cddb274d4dd9848c146756a20106,
title = "Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci",
abstract = "We report the results of a meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans for multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility that includes 2,624 subjects with MS and 7,220 control subjects. Replication in an independent set of 2,215 subjects with MS and 2,116 control subjects validates new MS susceptibility loci at TNFRSF1A (combined P = 1.59 × 10 11), IRF8 (P = 3.73 × 10 9) and CD6 (P = 3.79 × 10 9). TNFRSF1A harbors two independent susceptibility alleles: rs1800693 is a common variant with modest effect (odds ratio = 1.2), whereas rs4149584 is a nonsynonymous coding polymorphism of low frequency but with stronger effect (allele frequency = 0.02; odds ratio = 1.6). We also report that the susceptibility allele near IRF8, which encodes a transcription factor known to function in type I interferon signaling, is associated with higher mRNA expression of interferon-response pathway genes in subjects with MS. {\textcopyright} 2009 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.",
author = "{De Jager}, {Philip L.} and Xiaoming Jia and Joanne Wang and {De Bakker}, {Paul I W} and Linda Ottoboni and Aggarwal, {Neelum T.} and Laura Piccio and Soumya Raychaudhuri and Dong Tran and Cristin Aubin and Rebeccah Briskin and Susan Romano and Baranzini, {Sergio E.} and McCauley, {Jacob L.} and Pericak-Vance, {Margaret A.} and Haines, {Jonathan L.} and Gibson, {Rachel A.} and Yvonne Naeglin and Bernard Uitdehaag and Matthews, {Paul M.} and Ludwig Kappos and Chris Polman and McArdle, {Wendy L.} and Strachan, {David P.} and Denis Evans and Cross, {Anne H.} and Daly, {Mark J.} and Alastair Compston and Sawcer, {Stephen J.} and Weiner, {Howard L.} and Hauser, {Stephen L.} and Hafler, {David A.} and Oksenberg, {Jorge R.}",
note = "068545/Z/02, Wellcome Trust, United KingdomG0000934, Medical Research Council, United KingdomK08 AR055688-01A1, NIAMS NIH HHS, United StatesK08 NS46341, NINDS NIH HHS, United StatesP01 AI039671, NIAID NIH HHS, United StatesR01 NS046630, NINDS NIH HHS, United StatesR01 NS049477, NINDS NIH HHS, United States",
year = "2009",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1038/ng.401",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "776--782",
journal = "Nature Genetics",
issn = "1061-4036",
publisher = "Nature Research",
number = "7",
}