Phenome-wide association study using research participants' self-reported data provides insight into the Th17 and IL-17 pathway.
oleh: Margaret G Ehm, Jennifer L Aponte, Mathias N Chiano, Laura M Yerges-Armstrong, Toby Johnson, Jonathan N Barker, Suzanne F Cook, Akanksha Gupta, David A Hinds, Li Li, Matthew R Nelson, Michael A Simpson, Chao Tian, Linda C McCarthy, Deepak K Rajpal, Dawn M Waterworth
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| Diterbitkan: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01 |
Deskripsi
A phenome-wide association study of variants in genes in the Th17 and IL-17 pathway was performed using self-reported phenotypes and genetic data from 521,000 research participants of 23andMe. Results replicated known associations with similar effect sizes for autoimmune traits illustrating self-reported traits can be a surrogate for clinically assessed conditions. Novel associations controlling for a false discovery rate of 5% included the association of the variant encoding p.Ile684Ser in TYK2 with increased risk of tonsillectomy, strep throat occurrences and teen acne, the variant encoding p.Arg381Gln in IL23R with a decrease in dandruff frequency, the variant encoding p.Asp10Asn in TRAF3IP2 with risk of male-pattern balding, and the RORC regulatory variant (rs4845604) with protection from allergies. This approach enabled rapid assessment of association with a wide variety of traits and investigation of traits with limited reported associations to overlay meaningful phenotypic context on the range of conditions being considered for drugs targeting this pathway.