Abstracts tagged "polymorphism and spondylarthropathy"

Abstract Number: 597 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Investigating the Genetic Association Between ERAP1 and Spondyloarthritis
Amir Kadi¹, Brigitte Izac², Roula Said-Nahal³, Ariane Leboime⁴, Kurt L. de Vlam⁵, Dirk Elewaut⁶, Gilles Chiocchia² and Maxime A. Breban³, ¹Institut Cochin - Université Paris Descartes - INSERM U1016 - CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, ²Immunology and Hematology Department, Institut Cochin - INSERM U1016 - CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, ³Rheumatology Division, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), and Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Ambroise-Paré Hospital AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: A robust association was recently identified between polymorphisms in the non-major histocompatibility complex gene ERAP1 and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in several populations. The aim…
Abstract Number: 598 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
The Non-Synonymous Polymorphism IL23R Arg381Gln Is Associated with Ankylosis in Spondyloarthritis
Amir Kadi¹, Félicie Costantino², Brigitte Izac³, Ariane Leboime⁴, Roula Said-Nahal⁵, Gilles Chiocchia³ and Maxime A. Breban⁵, ¹Institut Cochin - Université Paris Descartes - INSERM U1016 - CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, ²INSERM U987, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé Simone Veil, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, ³Immunology and Hematology Department, Institut Cochin - INSERM U1016 - CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Ambroise-Paré Hospital AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), and Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of articular disorders sharing genetic background. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the interleukin 23 receptor (IL23R) gene have been reproducibly…