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- Title
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in TNFSF15 confer susceptibility to Crohn's disease.
- Authors
Yamazaki, Keiko; McGovern, Dermot; Ragoussis, Jiannis; Paolucci, Marta; Butler, Helen; Jewell, Derek; Cardon, Lon; Takazoe, Masakazu; Tanaka, Torao; Ichimori, Toshiki; Saito, Susumu; Sekine, Akihiro; Iida, Aritoshi; Takahashi, Atsushi; Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko; Lathrop, Mark; Nakamura, Yusuke
- Abstract
The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis, are chronic inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract. The pathogenesis of IBD is complicated, and it is widely accepted that immunologic, environmental and genetic components contribute to its etiology. To identify genetic susceptibility factors in CD, we performed a genome-wide association study in Japanese patients and controls using nearly 80,000 gene-based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and investigated the haplotype structure of the candidate locus in Japanese and European patients. We identified highly significant associations (P = 1.71 x 10(-14) with odds ratio of 2.17) of SNPs and haplotypes within the TNFSF15 (the gene encoding tumor necrosis factor superfamily, member 15) genes in Japanese CD patients. The association was confirmed in the study of two European IBD cohorts. Interestingly, a core TNFSF15 haplotype showing association with increased risk to the disease was common in the two ethnic groups. Our results suggest that the genetic variations in the TNFSF15 gene contribute to the susceptibility to IBD in the Japanese and European populations.
- Publication
Human molecular genetics, 2005, Vol 14, Issue 22, p3499
- ISSN
0964-6906
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/hmg/ddi379