TY - JOUR
T1 - IL23R in the Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian and Italian populations
T2 - association with IBD and psoriasis, and linkage to celiac disease
AU - Einarsdottir, Elisabet
AU - Koskinen, Lotta L E
AU - Dukes, Emma
AU - Kainu, Kati
AU - Suomela, Sari
AU - Lappalainen, Maarit
AU - Ziberna, Fabiana
AU - Korponay-Szabo, Ilma R
AU - Kurppa, Kalle
AU - Kaukinen, Katri
AU - Adány, Róza
AU - Pocsai, Zsuzsa
AU - Széles, György
AU - Färkkilä, Martti
AU - Turunen, Ulla
AU - Halme, Leena
AU - Paavola-Sakki, Paulina
AU - Not, Tarcisio
AU - Vatta, Serena
AU - Ventura, Alessandro
AU - Löfberg, Robert
AU - Torkvist, Leif
AU - Bresso, Francesca
AU - Halfvarson, Jonas
AU - Mäki, Markku
AU - Kontula, Kimmo
AU - Saarialho-Kere, Ulpu
AU - Kere, Juha
AU - D'Amato, Mauro
AU - Saavalainen, Päivi
PY - 2009/1/28
Y1 - 2009/1/28
N2 - BACKGROUND: Association of the interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been confirmed in several populations. IL23R also associates with psoriasis, suggesting that the gene may be an important candidate for many chronic inflammatory diseases.METHODS: We studied association of single-nucleotide variants in IL23R with IBD in Swedish patients, in both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) subsets. The same genetic variants were also studied in Finnish patients with psoriasis or celiac disease, and in Hungarian and Italian patients with celiac disease.RESULTS: Association of IL23R with IBD was replicated in our Swedish patients, and linkage and association of the IL23R region with psoriasis was found in the Finnish population. The IL23R region was also linked to celiac disease in Finnish families, but no association of IL23R variants with celiac disease was found in the Finnish, Hungarian or Italian samples.CONCLUSION: Our study is the first to demonstrate association of IL23R with CD and UC in Swedish patients with IBD. It is also the first study to report linkage and association of the IL23R region with psoriasis in the Finnish population. Importantly, this is the first report of linkage of the IL23R region to celiac disease, a chronic inflammatory condition in which IL23R has not been previously implicated.
AB - BACKGROUND: Association of the interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been confirmed in several populations. IL23R also associates with psoriasis, suggesting that the gene may be an important candidate for many chronic inflammatory diseases.METHODS: We studied association of single-nucleotide variants in IL23R with IBD in Swedish patients, in both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) subsets. The same genetic variants were also studied in Finnish patients with psoriasis or celiac disease, and in Hungarian and Italian patients with celiac disease.RESULTS: Association of IL23R with IBD was replicated in our Swedish patients, and linkage and association of the IL23R region with psoriasis was found in the Finnish population. The IL23R region was also linked to celiac disease in Finnish families, but no association of IL23R variants with celiac disease was found in the Finnish, Hungarian or Italian samples.CONCLUSION: Our study is the first to demonstrate association of IL23R with CD and UC in Swedish patients with IBD. It is also the first study to report linkage and association of the IL23R region with psoriasis in the Finnish population. Importantly, this is the first report of linkage of the IL23R region to celiac disease, a chronic inflammatory condition in which IL23R has not been previously implicated.
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Celiac Disease/complications
KW - Colitis, Ulcerative/complications
KW - Crohn Disease/complications
KW - Finland
KW - Genetic Markers
KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease
KW - Genotype
KW - Haplotypes
KW - Humans
KW - Hungary
KW - Italy
KW - Linkage Disequilibrium
KW - Psoriasis/complications
KW - Receptors, Interleukin/genetics
KW - Sweden
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2350-10-8
DO - 10.1186/1471-2350-10-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19175939
SN - 1471-2350
VL - 10
SP - 8
JO - BMC Medical Genetics
JF - BMC Medical Genetics
ER -