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- Title
Meta-Analysis of 125 Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Studied in the Past Two Decades.
- Authors
Yongshuai Jiang; Ruijie Zhang; Jiajia Zheng; Panpan Liu; Guoping Tang; Hongchao Lv; Lanying Zhang; Zhenwei Shang; Yuanbo Zhan; Wenhua Lv; Miao Shi; Ruimin Zhang
- Abstract
Objective: Candidate gene association studies and genome-wide association studies (GWAs) have identified a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) loci affecting susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, for the same locus, some studies have yielded inconsistent results. To assess all the available evidence for association, we performed a meta-analysis on previously published case-control studies investigating the association between SNPs and RA. Methods: Two hundred and sixteen studies, involving 125 SNPs, were reviewed. For each SNP, three genetic models were considered: the allele, dominant and recessive effects models. For each model, the effect summary odds ratio (OR) and 95% CIs were calculated. Cochran's Q-statistics were used to assess heterogeneity. If the heterogeneity was high, a random effects model was used for meta-analysis, otherwise a fixed effects model was used. Results: The meta-analysis results showed that: (1) 30, 28 and 26 SNPs were significantly associated with RA (P,0.01) for the allele, dominant, and recessive models, respectively. (2) rs2476601 (PTPN22) showed the strongest association for all the three models: OR = 1.605, 95% CI: 1.540-1.672, P,1.00E215 for the T-allele; OR = 1.638, 95% CI: 1.565-1.714, P<1.00E215 for the T/T+T/C genotype and OR = 2.544, 95% CI: 2.173-2.978, P<1.00E215 for the T/T genotype. (3) Only 23 (18.4%), 13 (10.4%) and 15 (12.0%) SNPs had high heterogeneity (P<0.01) for the three models, respectively. (4) For some of the SNPs, there was no publication bias according to Funnel plots and Egger's regression tests (P<0.01). For the other SNPs, the associations were tested in only a few studies, and may have been subject to publication bias. More studies on these loci are required. Conclusion: Our meta-analysis provides a comprehensive evaluation of the RA association studies from the past two decades. The detailed meta-analysis results are available at: http://210.46.85.180/DRAP/index.php/Metaanalysis/index.
- Subjects
META-analysis; RHEUMATOID arthritis; GENETIC research; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; GENOMES
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0051571