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NATURE GENETICS
卷 39, 期 5, 页码 650-654出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ng2020
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- MRC [G0700314] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0700314] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0700314] Funding Source: Medline
We recently reported two common filaggrin (FLG) null mutations that cause ichthyosis vulgaris(1) and predispose to eczema and secondary allergic diseases(2). We show here that these common European mutations are ancestral variants carried on conserved haplotypes. To facilitate comprehensive analysis of other populations, we report a strategy for full sequencing of this large, highly repetitive gene, and we describe 15 variants, including seven that are prevalent. All the variants are either nonsense or frameshift mutations that, in representative cases, resulted in loss of filaggrin production in the epidermis. In an Irish case-control study, the five most common European mutations showed a strong association with moderate-to-severe childhood eczema (chi(2) test: P = 2.12 x 10(-51); Fisher's exact test: heterozygote odds ratio (OR) = 7.44 (95% confidence interval (c. i.) = 4.9 - 11.3), and homozygote OR 151 (95% c. i. = 20 - 1,136)). We found three additional rare null mutations in this case series, suggesting that the genetic architecture of filaggrin-related atopic dermatitis consists of both prevalent and rare risk alleles.
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