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Hellquist A, Sandling JK, Zucchelli M, Koskenmies S, Julkunen H, D'Amato M, Garnier S, Syvänen AC, Kere J
Ann. Rheum. Dis. 69 (5) 883-886 [2010-05-00; online 2009-09-01]
To investigate whether 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in the STAT4 gene, previously associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a Swedish case-control cohort, are also associated with SLE risk in a Finnish SLE family cohort. Genotyping was performed in 192 Finnish families, with 237 affected subjects and their healthy relatives, using the SNPstream genotyping system. Transmission disequilibrium test analysis provided the strongest signal of association for two linked SNPs: rs7582694 (p=0.002, OR=2.57) and rs10181656 (p=0.001, OR=2.53). Haplotype association analysis using a sliding window approach was also performed and showed that the strongest association signal originates from SNPs in intron 3 of STAT4. The main association signal for STAT4 with SLE previously reported in Caucasians is the same in the Finnish population. This is the first study that confirms the association of STAT4 with SLE in a family cohort.
NGI Uppsala (SNP&SEQ Technology Platform)
National Genomics Infrastructure
PubMed 19717398
DOI 10.1136/ard.2009.112284
Crossref 10.1136/ard.2009.112284
pii: ard.2009.112284