title: Genomewide association study of leprosy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The narrow host range of Mycobacterium leprae and the fact that it is refractory to growth in culture has limited research on and the biologic understanding of leprosy. Host genetic factors are thought to influence susceptibility to infection as well as disease progression.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a two-stage genomewide association study by genotyping 706 patients and 1225 controls using the Human610-Quad BeadChip (Illumina). We then tested three independent replication sets for an association between the presence of leprosy and 93 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were most strongly associated with the disease in the genomewide association study. Together, these replication sets comprised 3254 patients and 5955 controls. We also carried out tests of heterogeneity of the associations (or lack thereof) between these 93 SNPs and disease, stratified according to clinical subtype (multibacillary vs. paucibacillary).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed a significant association (P<1.00x10(-10)) between SNPs in the genes CCDC122, C13orf31, NOD2, TNFSF15, HLA-DR, and RIPK2 and a trend toward an association (P=5.10x10(-5)) with a SNP in LRRK2. The associations between the SNPs in C13orf31, LRRK2, NOD2, and RIPK2 and multibacillary leprosy were stronger than the associations between these SNPs and paucibacillary leprosy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Variants of genes in the NOD2-mediated signaling pathway (which regulates the innate immune response) are associated with susceptibility to infection with M. leprae.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Jinan, Shandong, China. zhangfuren@hotmail.com
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mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D056006:Leprosy, Multibacillary / Q000235:genetics*; D056005:Leprosy, Paucibacillary / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae; D053473:Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein / Q000235:genetics; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C429018:NOD2 protein, human; D053473:Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein