STXBP6 and B3GNT6 Genes are Associated With Selective IgA Deficiency

Lim, Che Kang and Bronson, Paola G. and Varade, Jezabel and Behrens, Timothy W. and Hammarström, Lennart (2021) STXBP6 and B3GNT6 Genes are Associated With Selective IgA Deficiency. Frontiers in Genetics, 12. ISSN 1664-8021

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Abstract

Immunoglobulin A Deficiency (IgAD) is a polygenic primary immune deficiency, with a strong genetic association to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified five non-HLA risk loci (IFIH1, PVT1, ATG13-AMBRA1, AHI1 and CLEC16A). In this study, we investigated the genetic interactions between different HLA susceptibility haplotypes and non-MHC genes in IgAD. To do this, we stratified IgAD subjects and healthy controls based on HLA haplotypes (N = 10,993), and then performed GWAS to identify novel genetic regions contributing to IgAD susceptibility. After replicating previously published HLA risk haplotypes, we compared individuals carrying at least one HLA risk allele (HLA-B*08:01-DRB1*03:01-DQB1*02:01 or HLA-DRB1*07:01-DQB1*02:02 or HLA-DRB1*01-DQB1*05:01) with individuals lacking an HLA risk allele. Subsequently, we stratified subjects based on the susceptibility alleles/haplotypes and performed gene-based association analysis using 572,856 SNPs and 24,125 genes. A significant genome-wide association in STXBP6 (rs4097492; p = 7.63 × 10−9) was observed in the cohort carrying at least one MHC risk allele. We also identified a significant gene-based association for B3GNT6 (PGene = 2.1 × 10–6) in patients not carrying known HLA susceptibility alleles. Our findings indicate that the etiology of IgAD differs depending on the genetic background of HLA susceptibility haplotypes.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: OA Open Library > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2023 10:13
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2023 05:09
URI: http://archive.sdpublishers.com/id/eprint/3

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