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Genome-wide imputation study identifies novel HLA locus for pulmonary fibrosis and potential role for auto-immunity in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (fIIP) are a group of fatal lung diseases with largely unknown etiology and without definitive treatment other than lung transplant to prolong life. There is strong evidence for the importance of both rare and common genetic risk alleles in familial and sp...

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Published in:BMC genetics 2016-06, Vol.17 (1), p.74-74, Article 74
Main Authors: Fingerlin, Tasha E, Zhang, Weiming, Yang, Ivana V, Ainsworth, Hannah C, Russell, Pamela H, Blumhagen, Rachel Z, Schwarz, Marvin I, Brown, Kevin K, Steele, Mark P, Loyd, James E, Cosgrove, Gregory P, Lynch, David A, Groshong, Steve, Collard, Harold R, Wolters, Paul J, Bradford, Williamson Z, Kossen, Karl, Seiwert, Scott D, du Bois, Roland M, Garcia, Christine Kim, Devine, Megan S, Gudmundsson, Gunnar, Isaksson, Helgi J, Kaminski, Naftali, Zhang, Yingze, Gibson, Kevin F, Lancaster, Lisa H, Maher, Toby M, Molyneaux, Philip L, Wells, Athol U, Moffatt, Miriam F, Selman, Moises, Pardo, Annie, Kim, Dong Soon, Crapo, James D, Make, Barry J, Regan, Elizabeth A, Walek, Dinesha S, Daniel, Jerry J, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Zelenika, Diana, Murphy, Elissa, Smith, Keith, McKean, David, Pedersen, Brent S, Talbert, Janet, Powers, Julia, Markin, Cheryl R, Beckman, Kenneth B, Lathrop, Mark, Freed, Brian, Langefeld, Carl D, Schwartz, David A
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Summary:Fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (fIIP) are a group of fatal lung diseases with largely unknown etiology and without definitive treatment other than lung transplant to prolong life. There is strong evidence for the importance of both rare and common genetic risk alleles in familial and sporadic disease. We have previously used genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism data to identify 10 risk loci for fIIP. Here we extend that work to imputed genome-wide genotypes and conduct new RNA sequencing studies of lung tissue to identify and characterize new fIIP risk loci. We performed genome-wide genotype imputation association analyses in 1616 non-Hispanic white (NHW) cases and 4683 NHW controls followed by validation and replication (878 cases, 2017 controls) genotyping and targeted gene expression in lung tissue. Following meta-analysis of the discovery and replication populations, we identified a novel fIIP locus in the HLA region of chromosome 6 (rs7887 P meta  = 3.7 × 10(-09)). Imputation of classic HLA alleles identified two in high linkage disequilibrium that are associated with fIIP (DRB1*15:01 P = 1.3 × 10(-7) and DQB1*06:02 P = 6.1 × 10(-8)). Targeted RNA-sequencing of the HLA locus identified 21 genes differentially expressed between fibrotic and control lung tissue (Q 
ISSN:1471-2156
1471-2156
DOI:10.1186/s12863-016-0377-2