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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 24, 期 12, 页码 3571-3581出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv095
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- Swedish Research Council for Medicine and Health [D0283001, A0258801]
- Swedish Rheumatism Foundation
- King Gustaf V's 80-Year Foundation
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- Agnes and Mac Rudberg Foundation
- Torsten and Ragnar Soderberg Foundation
- COMBINE
- Arthritis Research UK
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation [2011.0073]
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The type I interferon (IFN) system is persistently activated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and many other systemic autoimmune diseases. Studies have shown an association between SLE and several gene variants within the type I IFN system. We investigated whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with SLE and other autoimmune diseases affect the IFN-alpha production in healthy individuals. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), B cells and NK cells were isolated from peripheral blood of healthy individuals and stimulated with RNA-containing immune complexes (ICs), herpes simplex virus (HSV) or the oligonucleotide ODN2216. IFN-alpha production by pDCs alone or in cocultures with B or NK cells was measured by an immunoassay. All donors were genotyped with the 200K ImmunoChip, and a 5 bp CGGGG length polymorphism in the IFN regulatory factor 5 gene (IRF5) was genotyped by PCR. We found associations between IFN-alpha production and 18-86 SNPs (P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.001), depending on the combination of the stimulated cell types. However, only three of these associated SNPs were shared between the cell-type combinations. Several SNPs showed novel associations to the type I IFN system among all the associated SNPs, whereas some loci have been described earlier for their association with SLE. Furthermore, we found that the SLE-risk variant of the IRF5 CGGGG-indel was associated with lower IFN-alpha production. We conclude that the genetic variants affecting the IFN-alpha production highlight the intricate regulation of the type I IFN system and the importance of understanding the mechanisms behind the dysregulated type I IFN system in SLE.
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