title: Fine-mapping chromosome 20 in 230 systemic lupus erythematosus sib pair and multiplex families: evidence for genetic epistasis with chromosome 16q12.
abstract: The presence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility genes on chromosome 20 is suggested by the observation of genetic linkage in several independent SLE family collections. To further localize the genetic effects, we typed 59 microsatellites in the two best regions, as defined by genome screens. Genotypes were analyzed for statistical linkage and/or association with SLE, by use of a combination of nonparametric linkage methods, family-based tests of association (transmission/disequilibrium and pedigree disequilibrium tests), and haplotype-sharing statistics (haplotype runs test), in a set of 230 SLE pedigrees. Maximal evidence for linkage to SLE was to 20p12 (LOD = 2.84) and 20q13.1 (LOD = 1.64) in the white pedigrees. Subsetting families on the basis of evidence for linkage to 16q12 significantly improved the LOD scores at both chromosome 20 locations (20p12 LOD = 5.06 and 20q13 LOD = 3.65), consistent with epistasis. We then typed 162 single-nucleotide polymorphism markers across a 1.3-Mb candidate region on 20q13.1 and identified several SNPs that demonstrated significant evidence for association. These data provide additional support for linkage and association to 20p12 and 20q13.1 in SLE and further refine the intervals of interest. These data further suggest the possibility of epistatic relationships among loci within the 20q12, 20q13, and 16q12 regions in SLE families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis. Electronic address: gaffn001@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gaffney
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: Carl D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Langefeld
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, Boston.
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Ward A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ortmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: Adrienne H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rodine
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Kathy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Behrens
mesh_terms: D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000235:genetics*; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 / Q000235:genetics*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010375:Pedigree; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D035781:Siblings