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- Title
A genome-wide association study for celiac disease identifies risk variants in the region harboring IL2 and IL21.
- Authors
van Heel, David A; Franke, Lude; Hunt, Karen A; Gwilliam, Rhian; Zhernakova, Alexandra; Inouye, Mike; Wapenaar, Martin C; Barnardo, Martin C N M; Bethel, Graeme; Holmes, Geoffrey K T; Feighery, Con; Jewell, Derek; Kelleher, Dermot; Kumar, Parveen; Travis, Simon; Walters, Julian R F; Sanders, David S; Howdle, Peter; Swift, Jill; Playford, Raymond J; McLaren, William M; Mearin, M Luisa; Mulder, Chris J; McManus, Ross; McGinnis, Ralph; Cardon, Lon R; Deloukas, Panos; Wijmenga, Cisca
- Abstract
We tested 310,605 SNPs for association in 778 individuals with celiac disease and 1,422 controls. Outside the HLA region, the most significant finding (rs13119723; P = 2.0 x 10(-7)) was in the KIAA1109-TENR-IL2-IL21 linkage disequilibrium block. We independently confirmed association in two further collections (strongest association at rs6822844, 24 kb 5' of IL21; meta-analysis P = 1.3 x 10(-14), odds ratio = 0.63), suggesting that genetic variation in this region predisposes to celiac disease.
- Publication
Nature genetics, 2007, Vol 39, Issue 7, p827
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng2058