title: Genetic linkage analysis of sarcoidosis phenotypes: the sarcoidosis genetic analysis (SAGA) study.
abstract: The sarcoidosis genetic analysis (SAGA) study previously identified eight chromosomal regions with suggestive evidence for linkage to sarcoidosis susceptibility in African-American sib pairs. Since the clinical course of sarcoidosis is variable and likely under genetic control, we used the affected relative pair portion of the SAGA sample (n=344 pairs) to perform multipoint linkage analyses with covariates based on pulmonary and organ involvement phenotypes. Chest radiographic resolution was the pulmonary phenotype with the highest LOD (logarithm of the backward odds, or likelihood ratio) score of 5.11 at D1S3720 on chromosome 1p36 (P=4 x 10(-5)). In general, higher LOD scores were attained for covariates that modeled clustered organ system involvement rather than individual organ systems, with the cardiac/renal group having the highest LOD score of 6.65 at chromosome 18q22 (P=2 x 10(-5)). The highest LOD scores for the other three organ involvement groups of liver/spleen/bone marrow, neuro/lymph and ocular/skin/joint were 3.72 at 10p11 (P=0.0004), 5.16 at 7p22 (P=4 x 10(-5)) and 2.93 at 10q26 (P=0.001), respectively. Most of the phenotype linkages did not overlap with the regions previously found linked to susceptibility. Our results suggest that genes influencing clinical presentation of sarcoidosis in African Americans are likely to be different from those that underlie disease susceptibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. brybick1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rybicki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gray-McGuire
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Elston
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Iannuzzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000235:genetics*; D035781:Siblings