Independent Replication on Genome-Wide Association Study Signals Identifies IRF3 as a Novel Locus for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Zhang F, Wang YF, Zhang Y et al.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a genetically complex autoimmune disease. Despite the significant progress made in identifying susceptibility genes for SLE, the genetic architecture of the disease is far from being understood. In this study, we set to replicate a number of suggestive association signals found in genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in additional independent cohorts. Replication studies were performed on Han Chinese cohorts from Hong Kong and Anhui, involving a total of 2,269 cases and 5,073 controls. We identified a missense variant in IRF3 (rs7251) reaching genome-wide significance through a joint analysis of GWAS and replication data (OR = 0.876, P = 4.40E-08). A significant correlation was observed between rs7251 and lupus nephritis (LN) by subphenotype stratification (OR = 0.785, P = 0.0128). IRF3 is a key molecule in type I interferon production upon nucleic acid antigen stimulations and may inhibit regulatory T cell differentiation. Further elucidation of the mechanism of this association could help us better understand the pathogenesis of SLE.
4,943 European ancestry cases, 2,485 Asian ancestry cases, 8,483 European ancestry controls, 3,947 Asian ancestry controls
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