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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 92, No. 8 3338-3341
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Genomic Polymorphism at the Interferon-Induced Helicase (IFIH1) Locus Contributes to Graves’ Disease Susceptibility

Alison Sutherland, Jocelyn Davies, Catherine J. Owen, Suresh Vaikkakara, Christine Walker, Timothy D. Cheetham, R. Andrew James, Petros Perros, Peter T. Donaldson, Heather J. Cordell, Richard Quinton and Simon H. S. Pearce

Institute of Human Genetics (A.S., J.D., C.J.O., H.J.C., S.H.S.P.) and School of Clinical Medical Sciences (C.J.O., C.W., T.D.C., R.A.J., P.P., P.T.D., R.Q., S.H.S.P.), Newcastle University; and Endocrine Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary (S.V., T.D.C., R.A.J., R.Q., S.H.S.P.), and Freeman Hospital (P.P.), Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Simon Pearce, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom E-mail: s.h.s.pearce{at}ncl.ac.uk.

Context: A recent large-scale analysis of nonsynonymous coding polymorphisms showed strong evidence that an alanine to threonine amino acid change at codon 946 of the interferon-induced helicase (IFIH1) gene (SNP ID rs1990760) was associated with type 1 diabetes. Previous investigations have also demonstrated that an intronic polymorphism (termed PD1.3; SNP ID rs11568821) in the programmed cell death (PDCD1) gene was associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: We sought to replicate these genetic associations in Graves’ disease and autoimmune Addison’s disease patient cohorts.

Patients and Methods: A total of 602 Graves’ disease subjects, 214 Addison’s disease subjects, and 446 healthy controls were genotyped for the IFIH1 and PDCD1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms using mass spectrometer analysis of primer extension products (Sequenom).

Results: The alanine-carrying allele at the IFIH1 codon 946 polymorphism was present in 796 of 1204 (66%) Graves’ disease patient alleles compared with 508 of 892 (57%) control subject alleles [odds ratio 1.47 (5–95% confidence interval, 1.23–1.76); P = 1.9 x 10–5]. In contrast, there was no association of alleles at this marker in autoimmune Addison’s disease. Neither was there evidence for association in either patient cohort at the PD1.3 polymorphism.

Conclusions: We confirm a significant contribution of the Ala946Thr IFIH1 polymorphism to organ-specific autoimmune diseases, extending the range of conditions associated with this variant to include Graves’ disease. This polymorphism may also contribute to several other autoimmune disorders.







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