Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

Philip L. De Jager, Xiaoming Jia, Joanne Wang, Paul I W De Bakker, Linda Ottoboni, Neelum T. Aggarwal, Laura Piccio, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Dong Tran, Cristin Aubin, Rebeccah Briskin, Susan Romano, Sergio E. Baranzini, Jacob L. McCauley, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Rachel A. Gibson, Yvonne Naeglin, Bernard Uitdehaag, Paul M. MatthewsLudwig Kappos, Chris Polman, Wendy L. McArdle, David P. Strachan, Denis Evans, Anne H. Cross, Mark J. Daly, Alastair Compston, Stephen J. Sawcer, Howard L. Weiner, Stephen L. Hauser, David A. Hafler, Jorge R. Oksenberg

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    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. © 2009 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)776-782
    Number of pages6
    JournalNature Genetics
    Volume41
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

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