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Lack of Association of the CD247 SNP rs2056626 with Systemic Sclerosis in Han Chinese
- Source :
- The Open Rheumatology Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2014.
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Abstract
- Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease involving multiple genetic factors. A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) indicated that CD247 was strongly associated with SSc, which was subsequently confirmed in a SSc cohort of European population. However, genetic heterogeneity in different ethnic populations may significantly impact the complex trait of SSc. The studies herein aimed to examine whether the SSc-associated SNP rs2056626 of CD247 identified in Caucasian is also associated with Han Chinese SSc. A Han Chinese cohort consisting of 387 SSc patients and 523 healthy controls were examined in the studies. TaqMan assays were performed to examine the SNP. Exact p-values were obtained (Fisher’s test) from 2x2 tables of allele counts and disease status. The results showed that there was no association between rs2056626 of CD247 and SSc or any SSc subtypes of Han Chinese. The negative results are important in understanding genetics of SSc in different ethnic populations, which further suggest complex nature of genetics of SSc.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
polymorphism/SNP
Han chinese
medicine.medical_specialty
Disease status
integumentary system
Traditional medicine
Genetic heterogeneity
business.industry
CD247
Genome-wide association study
Article
Rheumatology
Internal medicine
Cohort
medicine
SNP
genetics
Chinese population
scleroderma systemic sclerosis/SSc
Allele
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18743129
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Open Rheumatology Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....34f1cff6f5b3ced32202b4df710c3909