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A genome-wide association study identifies six novel risk loci for primary biliary cholangitis

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Qiu, Fang, Tang, Ruqi, Zuo, Xianbo, Shi, Xingjuan, Wei, Yiran, Zheng, Xiaodong, Dai, Yaping, Gong, Yuhua +82 more·2017·Nature Communications

Abstract

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease with a strong hereditary component. Here, we report a genome-wide association study that included 1,122 PBC cases and 4,036 controls of Han Chinese descent, with subsequent replication in a separate cohort of 907 PBC cases and 2,127 controls. Our results show genome-wide association of 14 PBC risk loci including previously identified 6p21 (HLA-DRA and DPB1), 17q12 (ORMDL3), 3q13.33 (CD80), 2q32.3 (STAT1/STAT4), 3q25.33 (IL12A), 4q24 (NF-κB) and 22q13.1 (RPL3/SYNGR1). We also identified variants in IL21, IL21R, CD28/CTLA4/ICOS, CD58, ARID3A and IL16 as novel PBC risk loci. These new findings and histochemical studies showing enhanced expression of IL21 and IL21R in PBC livers (particularly in the hepatic portal tracks) support a disease mechanism in which the deregulation of the IL21 signalling pathway, in addition to CD4 T-cell activation and T-cell co-stimulation are critical components in the development of PBC.

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Qiu, F., Tang, R., Zuo, X., Shi, X., Wei, Y., Zheng, X., Dai, Y., Gong, Y., Wang, L., Xu, P., Zhu, X., Wu, J., Han, C., Gao, Y., Zhang, K., Jiang, Y., Zhou, J., Shao, Y., Hu, Z., Tian, Y., Zhang, H., Dai, N., Liu, L., Wu, X., Zhao, W., Zhang, X., Zang, Z., Nie, J., Sun, W., Zhao, Y., Mao, Y., Jiang, P., Ji, H., Dong, Q., Li, J., Li, Z., Bai, X., Li, L., Lin, M., Dong, M., Li, J., Zhu, P., Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Jiang, P., Wang, Y., Jawed, R., Xu, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Yang, Y., Yang, F., Lian, M., Jiang, X., Xiao, X., Li, Y., Fang, J., Qiu, D., Zhu, Z., Qiu, H., Zhang, J., Tian, W., Chen, S., Jiang, L., Ji, B., Li, P., Chen, G., Wu, T., Sun, Y., Yu, J., Tang, H., He, M., Xia, M., Pei, H., Huang, L., Qing, Z., Wu, J., Huang, Q., Han, J., Xie, W., Sun, Z., Guo, J., He, G., Eric Gershwin, M., Lian, Z., Liu, X., Seldin, M. F., Liu, X., Chen, W., & Ma, X.
Affiliations
  • Southeast University (CN)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Anhui Medical University (CN)
  • 81th Hospital of PLA (CN)
  • Soochow University (CN)
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Kunshan (CN)
  • Yangzhou University (CN)
  • Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
  • Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (CN)
  • Huaian First People’s Hospital (CN)
  • Jiangyin People's Hospital (CN)
  • Changzhou Third People's Hospital (CN)
  • Wuxi People's Hospital (CN)
  • Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
  • Jiangsu University (CN)
  • Yixing People's Hospital (CN)
  • Yancheng First People's Hospital (CN)
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
  • Nanjing Second Hospital (CN)
  • Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (CN)
  • Hainan Medical University (CN)
  • Nantong University (CN)
  • Suzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (CN)
  • Beijing Hospital (CN)
  • Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN)
  • Zhongda Hospital Southeast University (CN)
  • The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Fudan University (CN)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Liu, Xiang
  • Liu, Xiangdong
  • Chen, Weichang
  • Ma, Xiong
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2017-04-20
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
14828-14828
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2605875188
Cited by
140
References
44
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (#81400608, 81430034, 91542123, 81272737, 81570469, 81620108002, 81130058, 81270295, 81325002, 31301113)
  • Government of Jiangsu Province
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
  • Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (SBK2015020697, BK20130607)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (YG2014MS43)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK091823)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
Keywords
primary biliary cirrhosis, genetic susceptibility loci, autoimmune liver disease, IL-21, interleukin-21 receptor, CD58, ARID3A, interleukin-16, HLA-DRA, DPB1, ORMDL3, CD80, IL12A, NF-κB, T cell costimulation, CD4+ T cell activation, Han Chinese
MeSH terms
Ribosomal Protein L3, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Autoimmune Diseases, Child, Child, Preschool, Cholangitis, Humans, Middle Aged, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Asian People, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult

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