CD226 (DNAM-1) is associated with susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis

T. H. C. M. Reinards, H. M. Albers, D. M. C. Brinkman, S. S. M. Kamphuis, M. A. J. van Rossum, H. J. Girschick, C. Wouters, E. P. A. H. Hoppenreijs, R. K. Saurenmann, A. Hinks, J. A. Ellis, E. Bakker, W. Verduijn, P. Slagboom, T. W. J. Huizinga, R. E. M. Toes, J. J. Houwing-Duistermaat, R. ten Cate, M. W. Schilham

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Abstract

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is considered a complex genetic autoimmune disease. We investigated the association of genetic variants previously implicated in JIA, autoimmunity and/or immunoregulation, with susceptibility to JIA. A genetic association study was performed in 639 JIA patients and 1613 healthy controls of northwest European descent. Ninety-three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were genotyped in a candidate gene approach. Results of the entire JIA patient group (all subtypes) were compared with results obtained, alternatively, with a clinically homogeneous patient group including only oligoarticular and rheumatoid factor (RF) negative polyarticular JIA patients (n=493). Meta-analyses were performed for all SNPs that have been typed in other Caucasian JIA cohorts before. SNPs in or near PTPN22, VTCN1, the IL2-IL21 region, ANKRD55 and TNFA were confirmed to be associated with JIA (p <0.05), strengthening the evidence for involvement of these genes in JIA. In the majority of these replicated SNPs, effect sizes were larger when analysing a homogeneous patient cohort than when analysing all subtypes. We identified two novel associations with oligoarticular and RF-negative polyarticular JIA: CD226 rs763361 (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.51, p=0.0006) and CD28 rs1980422 (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.55, p=0.008). Meta-analyses including reported studies confirmed the association of both SNPs with susceptibility to JIA (OR 1.16, p=0.001 and OR 1.18, p=0.001, for rs763361 and rs1980422, respectively). The CD226 gene has been identified as novel association with JIA, and a SNP near CD28 as a suggestive association. Both genes are probable candidate risk factors, since they are involved in costimulation of T cells
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2193-2198
JournalAnnals of the rheumatic diseases
Volume74
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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