抄録
Asthma is a complex phenotype influenced by genetic and environmental factors. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 938 Japanese pediatric asthma patients and 2,376 controls. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showing strong associations (P<1×10 -8) in GWAS were further genotyped in an independent Japanese samples (818 cases and 1,032 controls) and in Korean samples (835 cases and 421 controls). SNP rs987870, located between HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1, was consistently associated with pediatric asthma in 3 independent populations (P combined = 2.3×10 -10, odds ratio [OR] = 1.40). HLA-DP allele analysis showed that DPA1*0201 and DPB1*0901, which were in strong linkage disequilibrium, were strongly associated with pediatric asthma (DPA1*0201: P = 5.5×10 -10, OR = 1.52, and DPB1*0901: P = 2.0×10 -7, OR = 1.49). Our findings show that genetic variants in the HLA-DP locus are associated with the risk of pediatric asthma in Asian populations.
本文言語 | English |
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論文番号 | e1002170 |
ジャーナル | PLoS Genetics |
巻 | 7 |
号 | 7 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2011 7月 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生態、進化、行動および分類学
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- 遺伝学(臨床)
- 癌研究