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Genome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene

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Jakkula, Eveliina, Leppä, Virpi, Sulonen, Anna-Maija, Varilo, Teppo, Kallio, Suvi, Kemppinen, Anu, Purcell, Shaun, Koivisto, Keijo +21 more·2010·The American Journal of Human Genetics

Abstract

Genetic risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to involve both common and rare risk alleles. Recent GWAS and subsequent meta-analysis have established the critical role of the HLA locus and identified new common variants associated to MS. These variants have small odds ratios (ORs) and explain only a fraction of the genetic risk. To expose potentially rare, high-impact alleles, we conducted a GWAS of 68 distantly related cases and 136 controls from a high-risk internal isolate of Finland with increased prevalence and familial occurrence of MS. The top 27 loci with p < 10(-4) were tested in 711 cases and 1029 controls from Finland, and the top two findings were validated in 3859 cases and 9110 controls from more heterogeneous populations. SNP (rs744166) within the STAT3 gene was associated to MS (p = 2.75 x 10(-10), OR 0.87, confidence interval 0.83-0.91). The protective haplotype for MS in STAT3 is a risk allele for Crohn disease, implying that STAT3 represents a shared risk locus for at least two autoimmune diseases. This study also demonstrates the potential of special isolated populations in search for variants contributing to complex traits.

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  • By 2011, common variants in 26 genomic loci had been associated with multiple sclerosis risk and independently replicated.

    “by 2011, common variants in 26 genomic loci had been associated with MS risk and independently replicated”

    From Genome‐wide association studies of multiple sclerosis (2018) · cites this paper as [38]

  • The G allele of rs744166 in STAT3 is associated with increased risk in MS and decreased risk in Crohn's disease.

    “One example is rs744166 (located in an intron of the STAT3 gene on chromosome 17): the G allele is associated with increased risk in MS38 and decreased risk in Crohn's disease.71”

    From Genome‐wide association studies of multiple sclerosis (2018) · cites this paper as [38]

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Jakkula, E., Leppä, V., Sulonen, A.-M., Varilo, T., Kallio, S., Kemppinen, A., Purcell, S., Koivisto, K., Tienari, P., Sumelahti, M.-L., Elovaara, I., Pirttilä, T., Reunanen, M., Aromaa, A., Oturai, A. B., Søndergaard, H. B., Harbo, H. F., Mero, I.-L., Gabriel, S. B., Mirel, D. B., Hauser, S. L., Kappos, L., Polman, C., De Jager, P. L., Hafler, D. A., Daly, M. J., Palotie, A., Saarela, J., & Peltonen, L.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • Seinäjoen Keskussairaala (FI)
  • Tampere University (FI)
  • Tampere University Hospital (FI)
  • Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
  • Oulu University Hospital (FI)
  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
  • Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Peltonen, Leena
Venue
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-02
Volume
86
Issue
2
Pages
285-291
ISSN
0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2097780447
Cited by
245
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
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  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (089061/Z/09/Z)
  • National Institutes of Health (6u54rr020278-06)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH071425)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS43559, R01NS043559)
  • National Center for Research Resources (U54-RR020278)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Keywords
multiple sclerosis, genetic risk, rare variants, Finnish population, haplotypes, Crohn's disease, autoimmune disease, HLA locus
MeSH terms
Alleles, Genetics, Population, Haplotypes, Humans, Multiple Sclerosis, Reproducibility of Results, Linkage Disequilibrium, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Base Pairing, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, STAT3 Transcription Factor, Genome-Wide Association Study

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