2024
Genetic mapping across autoimmune diseases reveals shared associations and mechanisms
Lincoln M, Connally N, Axisa P, Gasperi C, Mitrovic M, van Heel D, Wijmenga C, Withoff S, Jonkers I, Padyukov L, Rich S, Graham R, Gaffney P, Langefeld C, Vyse T, Hafler D, Chun S, Sunyaev S, Cotsapas C. Genetic mapping across autoimmune diseases reveals shared associations and mechanisms. Nature Genetics 2024, 56: 838-845. PMID: 38741015, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01732-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic mapResolution of genetic mappingExpression quantitative trait lociFine-mapping resolutionQuantitative trait lociGenomic lociTrait lociPolygenic disorderAllelesRisk allelesLociPathogenic mechanismsImmune systemAutoimmune mechanismsAutoimmune diseasesInflammatory diseasesTraitsMechanismDiseaseSample collectionExpression
2013
Clinical relevance and functional consequences of the TNFRSF1A multiple sclerosis locus
Ottoboni L, Frohlich IY, Lee M, Healy BC, Keenan BT, Xia Z, Chitnis T, Guttmann CR, Khoury SJ, Weiner HL, Hafler DA, De Jager PL. Clinical relevance and functional consequences of the TNFRSF1A multiple sclerosis locus. Neurology 2013, 81: 1891-1899. PMID: 24174586, PMCID: PMC3843384, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000436612.66328.8a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArginineChemokine CXCL10FemaleGene Expression RegulationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeGlutamineHEK293 CellsHumansImmunologic FactorsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMonocytesMultiple SclerosisMutationPhorbol EstersReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type IRNA IsoformsSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsTNFRSF1A locusSusceptibility allelesFunctional consequencesRobust transcriptional responseTranscriptional responseCytoplasmic domainRNA isoformsTNF-α stimulationRho GTPaseMS susceptibility genesMS geneG proteinsSusceptibility genesMolecular levelTNF pathwayGenesAltered expressionLociTNF-α pathwayAllelesRisk allelesPathwayGTPaseImmune functionTransmembrane
2011
The CD6 Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Allele Is Associated with Alterations in CD4+ T Cell Proliferation
Kofler DM, Severson CA, Mousissian N, De Jager PL, Hafler DA. The CD6 Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Allele Is Associated with Alterations in CD4+ T Cell Proliferation. The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 187: 3286-3291. PMID: 21849685, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, T-LymphocyteCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCell SeparationCells, CulturedFemaleFlow CytometryGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansMaleMultiple SclerosisPhenotypeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsRNA, Small InterferingConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesAllelic variantsNew susceptibility lociSusceptibility allelesRisk allelesProliferation defectExon 5Risk-associated allelesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsExtracellular binding sitesCD6 geneSusceptibility lociLinkage disequilibriumMS risk alleleSelective knockdownT cell activationNucleotide polymorphismsAltered proliferationCell proliferationGenetic associationAllelesLong-term activationBinding sitesMS susceptibility alleles
2010
Genome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene
Jakkula E, Leppä V, Sulonen AM, Varilo T, Kallio S, Kemppinen A, Purcell S, Koivisto K, Tienari P, Sumelahti ML, Elovaara I, Pirttilä T, Reunanen M, Aromaa A, Oturai AB, Søndergaard HB, Harbo HF, Mero IL, Gabriel SB, Mirel DB, Hauser SL, Kappos L, Polman C, De Jager PL, Hafler DA, Daly MJ, Palotie A, Saarela J, Peltonen L. Genome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2010, 86: 285-291. PMID: 20159113, PMCID: PMC2820168, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSTAT3 geneGenome-wide association studiesRare risk allelesComplex traitsRisk lociRisk allelesAssociated variantsAssociation studiesRecent GWASInternal isolateLociCommon variantsGenetic riskGenesAllelesCritical roleSTAT3Small odds ratiosHeterogeneous populationVariantsGWASIsolatesProtective haplotypeTraitsSNPs
2005
Applying a new generation of genetic maps to understand human inflammatory disease
Hafler DA, Jager P. Applying a new generation of genetic maps to understand human inflammatory disease. Nature Reviews Immunology 2005, 5: 83-91. PMID: 15630431, DOI: 10.1038/nri1532.Peer-Reviewed Original Research