Journal
GENES
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes12081268
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Homo sapiens; immunology; autoimmunity; candidate gene; TLR7 signaling
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [310030_200354]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030_200354] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Genetic variants affecting the C-terminal tail of the UNC93B1 gene do not seem to be a common risk factor for SLE, but may contribute to other heritable autoimmune diseases.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous multifactorial disease. Upregulated TLR7 signaling is a known risk factor for SLE. Recently, it was shown that specific genetic variants in UNC93B1 affect the physiological regulation of TLR7 signaling and cause characteristic autoimmune phenotypes with monogenic autosomal recessive inheritance in mutant mice and dogs. We therefore hypothesized that homologous variants in the human UNC93B1 gene might be responsible for a fraction of human SLE patients. We analyzed 536 patients of the Swiss SLE Cohort Study for the presence of genetic variants affecting the C-terminal tail of UNC93B1. None of the investigated patients carried bi-allelic UNC93B1 variants that were likely to explain their SLE phenotypes. We conclude that genetic variants affecting the C-terminal tail of UNC93B1 are not a common risk factor for SLE. It cannot be excluded that such variants might contribute to other heritable autoimmune diseases.
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