Abstracts tagged "genetics"

Abstract Number: 3227 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Novel Protein-Coding Genetic Variants Associated with Takayasu Arteritis
Paul Renauer¹, Patrick Coit¹, Peter A. Merkel² and Amr H. Sawalha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis is a rare large vessel vasculitis of unclear etiology. Previous studies identified associations between Takayasu arteritis and genetic variants within HLA class…
Abstract Number: 93 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An HLA-C Amino Acid Variant in Addition to HLA-B*27 Confers Risk for Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Korean Population
Kwangwoo Kim¹, So-Young Bang², Seunghun Lee³, Hye-Soon Lee², Seung-Cheol Shim⁴, Young Mo Kang⁵, Chang-Hee Suh⁶, Celi Sun⁷, Swapan Nath⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae² and Tae-Hwan Kim², ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, ⁵Dept of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁶Allergy-Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a highly heritable rheumatic disease causing chronic inflammation of axial spine, joints and various organs. The presence of HLA-B*27 is…
Abstract Number: 3248 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Factors Explain Multi-Site Pain Caused By Obesity: A 5-Year Follow-up Study in Older Adults?
Feng Pan¹, Laura Laslett², Russell Thomson², Tania Winzenberg³, Flavia Cicuttini⁴, Changhai Ding⁵ and Graeme Jones⁵, ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ²Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Joint pain is common in older adults; typically multiple joints are involved. Obesity is an important risk factor in pathogenesis of multi-site joint pain…
Abstract Number: 99 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Personalised Genetic Medicine: HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions 11, 71 and 74 Predict Inflammation Level, Disease Activity and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stephanie Ling¹, Sebastien Viatte², Mark Lunt³, Alper van Sijl⁴, Lucía Silva Fernández^4,5, Soumya Raychaudhuri^2,6,7, Deborah P.M. Symmons^4,8, Adam Young^9,10, Alex J Macgregor¹¹ and Anne Barton¹², ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Mancheser Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain, ⁶Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Medical and Population Genetics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹Rheumatology, ERAS, St Albans City Hospital, St Albans, United Kingdom, ¹⁰School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, ¹¹School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Amino acid (AA) positions 11, 71 and 74 inside HLA-DRB1 confer susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). AAs from these positions form 16 haplotypes, hierarchically…
Abstract Number: 109 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of HLA-G and Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor A3 Polymorphisms with the Susceptibility to Pulmonary Hyterpention in Systemic Sclerosis
Yuki Hachiya¹, Aya Kawasaki¹, Takashi Matsushita², Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Shouhei Nagaoka³, Kota Shimada⁴, Shoji Sugii⁴, Keigo Setoguchi⁵, Akira Okamoto⁶, Noriyuki Chiba⁷, Eiichi Suematsu⁸, Masao Katayama⁹, Shunsei Hirohata¹⁰, Hajime Kono¹¹, Kiyoshi Migita¹², Takayuki Sumida¹³, Shigeto Tohma¹⁴, Minoru Hasegawa¹⁵, Manabu Fujimoto¹⁶, Shinichi Sato¹⁷, Kazuhiko Takehara¹⁸ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹⁹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan, ⁵Department of Allergy and Immunological Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology,, Himeji Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Himeji, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Morioka National Hospital, NHO, Iwate, Japan, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Research Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁰Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁴Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹⁵Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁷Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ¹⁹Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a non-classical class I molecule expressed in the immune cells, the spleen, and the lungs, and plays a key…
Abstract Number: 513 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cumulative Association of Genetic Variants with Rheumatoid Joint Damage Progression in Mexican Americans and European Americans
Rector Arya¹, Inmaculada del Rincon², Jose Felix Restrepo³, Vidya S Farook⁴, Christopher P Jenkinson⁵, Ravindranath Duggirala⁶ and Agustin Escalante⁷, ¹Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ³Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, ⁵University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Regional Academic Health Center, Harlingen, TX, ⁷Dept. of Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Genealogical and genetic association studies have suggested that joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be heritable. We and others have found a number…
Abstract Number: 1210 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic, Environmental, and Serologic Risk Factors for Inflammatory Joint Signs Among First-Degree Relatives without Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Prospective Cohort
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Kevin D. Deane³, Ryan W. Gan⁴, Kristen Demoruelle³, Marie L. Feser³, LauraKay Moss³, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Richard M. Keating⁶, Karen H. Costenbader⁷, Peter K. Gregersen⁸, Michael H. Weisman⁹, Ted R. Mikuls¹⁰, James R. O'Dell¹⁰, V. Michael Holers³, Jill M. Norris⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Feinstein Insititute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Family history of RA in a first-degree relative increases RA risk 4-fold. Determining risk factors for inflammatory joint signs (IJS) in this high risk…
Abstract Number: 1402 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Manifestations Following Remission of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Baruch Goldberg¹, Eyal Muscal², Marietta De Guzman³ and Carl Allen⁴, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁴Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a potentially fatal pathologic inflammatory process resulting from impaired immune function due to inherited gene mutations or secondary to…
Abstract Number: 1131 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Genetic Variants Associated with Response to Adalimumab Plus Methotrexate in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alla Skapenko¹, Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹, Viswanath Devanarayan², Kenneth Idler³, Feng Hong⁴, Josef Smolen⁵, Arthur Kavanaugh⁶, Hartmut Kupper⁷ and Jeffrey F. Waring³, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ²AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, ³AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worchester, MA, ⁵Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Background/Purpose: For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who fail to attain remission or low disease activity after 6 months of methotrexate (MTX) treatment, TNF inhibitors…
Abstract Number: 2958 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polygenic Analysis of Transport, Metabolism and Immune Related Genomic Compartments in Serum Urate and Gout
Eli A. Stahl¹, Tony R. Merriman², Amanda Dobbyn³, David B. Mount⁴, Peter Kraft⁵ and Hyon K. Choi⁶, ¹Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, ²Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified loci associated with complex traits, and the current challenge is to glean biological insights from these findings.…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does a Family History of Total Knee Replacement for Knee Osteoarthritis Influence Knee Pain and Structural Progression? a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Feng Pan¹, Hussain Khan¹, Changhai Ding¹, Tania Winzenberg², Johanne Martel-Pelletier³, Jean-Pierre Pelletier³, Flavia Cicuttini⁴ and Graeme Jones¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ²Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ³Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Genetic factors appear to play an important role in the pathogenesis of both knee pain and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) based on cross-sectional studies but…
Abstract Number: 2959 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Twenty-Eight Loci That Influence Serum Urate Levels: Analysis of Association with Gout
Tony R. Merriman¹, Marilyn E. Merriman¹, Ruth Topless¹, Sara Altaf², Grant Montgomery³, Christopher Franklin⁴, Gregory T. Jones⁵, Andre M. van Rij², Douglas HN White⁶, Lisa K. Stamp⁷, Nicola Dalbeth⁸ and Amanda Phipps-Green¹, ¹Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁵Surgery, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ⁶Waikato Clinical School, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, ⁷University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Twenty-eight genetic loci are associated with serum urate levels in Europeans. Ten are established, with a further 18 of weaker effect more recently detected.…
Abstract Number: 880 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Immunochip Study Confirms a Strong Contribution of HLA Class I and II Genes in the Susceptibility to Giant Cell Arteritis
Francisco David Carmona¹, Sarah Mackie², Jose Ezequiel Martin¹, John Taylor², Augusto Vaglio³, Lara Bossini-Castillo¹, Santos Castañeda⁴, Maria C. Cid⁵, José Hernández-Rodríguez⁶, Roser Solans⁷, Ricardo Blanco⁸, Lorenzo Beretta⁹, Claudio Lunardi¹⁰, Marco A. Cimmino¹¹, Cisca Wijmenga¹², Torsten Witte¹³, Julia Holle¹⁴, Frank Moosig¹⁴, Verena Schönau¹⁵, Andre Franke¹⁶, Øyvind Palm¹⁷, Andreas P. Diamantopoulos¹⁸, Benedicte A. Lie¹⁹, Simon Carette²⁰, David Cuthbertson²¹, Gary S. Hoffman²², Nader A. Khalidi²³, Curry L. Koening²⁴, Carol A. Langford²⁵, Carol McAlear²⁶, Larry Moreland²⁷, Paul A. Monach²⁸, Christian Pagnoux²⁰, Philip Seo²⁹, Antoine G. Sreih³⁰, Kenneth J. Warrington³¹, Steven R. Ytterberg³¹, Colin T. Pease³², Andrew Gough³³, Michael Green³⁴, Lesley Hordon³⁵, Stephen Jarrett³⁶, Richard Watts³⁷, Sarah Levy³⁸, Yusuf Patel³⁹, Sanjeet Kamath⁴⁰, Bhaskar Dasgupta⁴¹, Paul IW. de Bakker⁴², Bobby P.C. Koeleman⁴², Jennifer H. Barrett², Carlo Salvarani⁴³, Peter A. Merkel⁴⁴, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay⁸, Ann W. Morgan² and Javier Martin¹, ¹Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain, ²NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Unit of Nephrology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IISP, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036- Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁹Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ¹²Department of Genetics, University Medical Hospital Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹³Clinic for Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁴Vasculitis Clinic, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt & University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁶Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹⁹Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²¹Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²²Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²³Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²⁵Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²⁶Division of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁷Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Vasculitis Center, of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁸Section of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁹Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³⁰Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³²Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³³Department of Rheumatology, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom, ³⁴Department of Rheumatology, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom, ³⁵Department of Rheumatology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Dewsbury, United Kingdom, ³⁶Department of Rheumatology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield, United Kingdom, ³⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, United Kingdom, ³⁸Department of Rheumatology, Croydon Health Service NHS Trust, Croydon, United Kingdom, ³⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, ⁴⁰Department of Rheumatology, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ⁴¹Department of Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ⁴²Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic autoimmune vasculitis with an important genetic component. We aimed to identify relevant risk loci for GCA predisposition…
Abstract Number: 2961 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Conditional Analysis of 30 Serum Urate Loci Identifies 25 Additional Independent Effects
Eli Stahl¹, Hyon K. Choi², Murray Cadzow³, Tanya Flynn³, Ruth Topless⁴ and Tony R. Merriman⁴, ¹Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ⁴Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Single variants in 30 genetic loci have been associated with serum urate levels in Europeans by meta-analysis of summary statistics of 48 individual genome-wide…
Abstract Number: 765 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene-Gene Interaction of IRF5 and BLK Polymorphisms in US and Spanish Cohorts of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Pravitt Gourh¹, Yoonhee Kim², Sandeep K. Agarwal³, Filemon K. Tan⁴, Shervin Assassi⁴, Javier Martin⁵, Frank C. Arnett⁴ and Maureen D Mayes⁴, ¹NIAMS-Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain
Background/Purpose Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease and several genetic loci increasing SSc susceptibility have been identified with small to modest effect sizes.…

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