PMID- 23372721 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130722 LR - 20221207 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2013 TI - The systemic lupus erythematosus IRF5 risk haplotype is associated with systemic sclerosis. PG - e54419 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0054419 [doi] LID - e54419 AB - Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a fibrotic autoimmune disease in which the genetic component plays an important role. One of the strongest SSc association signals outside the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region corresponds to interferon (IFN) regulatory factor 5 (IRF5), a major regulator of the type I IFN pathway. In this study we aimed to evaluate whether three different haplotypic blocks within this locus, which have been shown to alter the protein function influencing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility, are involved in SSc susceptibility and clinical phenotypes. For that purpose, we genotyped one representative single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of each block (rs10488631, rs2004640, and rs4728142) in a total of 3,361 SSc patients and 4,012 unaffected controls of Caucasian origin from Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and United Kingdom. A meta-analysis of the allele frequencies was performed to analyse the overall effect of these IRF5 genetic variants on SSc. Allelic combination and dependency tests were also carried out. The three SNPs showed strong associations with the global disease (rs4728142: P = 1.34x10(-8), OR = 1.22, CI 95% = 1.14-1.30; rs2004640: P = 4.60x10(-7), OR = 0.84, CI 95% = 0.78-0.90; rs10488631: P = 7.53x10(-20), OR = 1.63, CI 95% = 1.47-1.81). However, the association of rs2004640 with SSc was not independent of rs4728142 (conditioned P = 0.598). The haplotype containing the risk alleles (rs4728142*A-rs2004640*T-rs10488631*C: P = 9.04x10(-22), OR = 1.75, CI 95% = 1.56-1.97) better explained the observed association (likelihood P-value = 1.48x10(-4)), suggesting an additive effect of the three haplotypic blocks. No statistical significance was observed in the comparisons amongst SSc patients with and without the main clinical characteristics. Our data clearly indicate that the SLE risk haplotype also influences SSc predisposition, and that this association is not sub-phenotype-specific. FAU - Carmona, F David AU - Carmona FD AD - Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain. dcarmona@ipb.csic.es FAU - Martin, Jose-Ezequiel AU - Martin JE FAU - Beretta, Lorenzo AU - Beretta L FAU - Simeon, Carmen P AU - Simeon CP FAU - Carreira, Patricia E AU - Carreira PE FAU - Callejas, Jose Luis AU - Callejas JL FAU - Fernandez-Castro, Monica AU - Fernandez-Castro M FAU - Saez-Comet, Luis AU - Saez-Comet L FAU - Beltran, Emma AU - Beltran E FAU - Camps, Maria Teresa AU - Camps MT FAU - Egurbide, Maria Victoria AU - Egurbide MV CN - Spanish Scleroderma Group FAU - Airo, Paolo AU - Airo P FAU - Scorza, Raffaella AU - Scorza R FAU - Lunardi, Claudio AU - Lunardi C FAU - Hunzelmann, Nicolas AU - Hunzelmann N FAU - Riemekasten, Gabriela AU - Riemekasten G FAU - Witte, Torsten AU - Witte T FAU - Kreuter, Alexander AU - Kreuter A FAU - Distler, Jorg H W AU - Distler JH FAU - Madhok, Rajan AU - Madhok R FAU - Shiels, Paul AU - Shiels P FAU - van Laar, Jacob M AU - van Laar JM FAU - Fonseca, Carmen AU - Fonseca C FAU - Denton, Christopher AU - Denton C FAU - Herrick, Ariane AU - Herrick A FAU - Worthington, Jane AU - Worthington J FAU - Schuerwegh, Annemie J AU - Schuerwegh AJ FAU - Vonk, Madelon C AU - Vonk MC FAU - Voskuyl, Alexandre E AU - Voskuyl AE FAU - Radstake, Timothy R D J AU - Radstake TR FAU - Martin, Javier AU - Martin J LA - eng GR - 17552/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130123 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (IRF5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Interferon Regulatory Factors) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Female MH - Gene Frequency MH - Genetic Loci MH - *Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - *Haplotypes MH - Humans MH - Interferon Regulatory Factors/*genetics MH - Linkage Disequilibrium MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications/ethnology/*genetics MH - Male MH - Phenotype MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Risk Factors MH - Scleroderma, Systemic/complications/ethnology/*genetics MH - White People PMC - PMC3553151 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. FIR - Ortego-Centeno, Norberto IR - Ortego-Centeno N FIR - Rios, Raquel IR - Rios R FIR - Navarrete, Nuria IR - Navarrete N FIR - Portales, Rosa Garcia IR - Portales RG FIR - Fernandez-Nebro, Antonio IR - Fernandez-Nebro A FIR - Gonzalez-Escribano, Maria F IR - Gonzalez-Escribano MF FIR - Sanchez-Roman, Julio IR - Sanchez-Roman J FIR - Garcia-Hernandez, Francisco Jose IR - Garcia-Hernandez FJ FIR - Castillo, Maria Jesus IR - Castillo MJ FIR - Aguirre, Maria Angeles IR - Aguirre MA FIR - Gomez-Gracia, Inmaculada IR - Gomez-Gracia I FIR - Fernandez-Gutierrez, Benjamin IR - Fernandez-Gutierrez B FIR - Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Luis IR - Rodriguez-Rodriguez L FIR - Vicente, Esther IR - Vicente E FIR - Andreu, Jose Luis IR - Andreu JL FIR - de la Pena, Paloma Garcia IR - de la Pena PG FIR - Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier IR - Lopez-Longo FJ FIR - Martinez, Lina IR - Martinez L FIR - Fonollosa, Vicente IR - Fonollosa V FIR - Espinosa, Gerard IR - Espinosa G FIR - Castellvi, Ivan IR - Castellvi I FIR - Tolosa, Carlos IR - Tolosa C FIR - Pros, Anna IR - Pros A FIR - Carballeira, Monica Rodriguez IR - Carballeira MR FIR - Narvaez, Francisco Javier IR - Narvaez FJ FIR - Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel Angel IR - Gonzalez-Gay MA FIR - Diaz, Bernardino IR - Diaz B FIR - Trapiella, Luis IR - Trapiella L FIR - Gallego, Maria IR - Gallego M FIR - Freire, Maria del Carmen IR - Freire Mdel C FIR - Vaqueiro, Ines IR - Vaqueiro I FIR - Diaz, Federico IR - Diaz F FIR - Hernandez, Vanesa IR - Hernandez V FIR - Roman-Ivorra, Jose Andres IR - Roman-Ivorra JA FIR - Garcia, Francisco J Blanco IR - Garcia FJ FIR - Oreiro, Natividad IR - Oreiro N EDAT- 2013/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/23 06:00 PMCR- 2013/01/23 CRDT- 2013/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/12/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-26885 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0054419 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54419. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054419. Epub 2013 Jan 23.