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- Title
REL, encoding a member of the NF-κB family of transcription factors, is a newly defined risk locus for rheumatoid arthritis.
- Authors
Gregersen, Peter K.; Amos, Chistopher I.; Lee, Annette T.; Yue Lu; Remmers, Elaine F.; Kastner, Daniel L.; Seldin, Michael F.; Criswell, Lindsey A.; Plenge, Robert M.; Holers, V Michael; Mikuls, Ted R.; Sokka, Tuulikki.; Moreland, Larry W.; Bridges, S Louis.; Gang Xie; Begovich, Ann B.; Siminovitch, Katherine A.
- Abstract
We conducted a genome-wide association study of rheumatoid arthritis in 2,418 cases and 4,504 controls from North America and identified an association at the REL locus, encoding c-Rel, on chromosome 2p13 (rs13031237, P = 6.01 × 10−10). Replication in independent case-control datasets comprising 2,604 cases and 2,882 controls confirmed this association, yielding an allelic OR = 1.25 (P = 3.08 × 10−14) for marker rs13031237 and an allelic OR = 1.21 (P = 2.60 × 10−11) for marker rs13017599 in the combined dataset. The combined dataset also provides definitive support for associations at both CTLA4 (rs231735; OR = 0.85; P = 6.25 × 10−9) and BLK (rs2736340; OR = 1.19; P = 5.69 × 10−9). c-Rel is an NF-κB family member with distinct functional properties in hematopoietic cells, and its association with rheumatoid arthritis suggests disease pathways that involve other recently identified rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes including CD40, TRAF1, TNFAIP3 and PRKCQ.
- Subjects
RHEUMATOID arthritis; GENETICS; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; GENOMES; LOCUS (Genetics)
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2009, Vol 41, Issue 7, p820
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng.395