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Genetic Architecture of Adaptive Immune System Identifies Key Immune Regulators.

Vasiliki Lagou | Josselyn E Garcia-Perez | Ide Smets | Lies Van Horebeek | Marijne Vandebergh | Liye Chen | Klara Mallants | Teresa Prezzemolo | Kelly Hilven | Stephanie Humblet-Baron | Matthieu Moisse | Philip Van Damme | Guy Boeckxstaens | Paul Bowness | Bénédicte Dubois | James Dooley | Adrian Liston | An Goris
Cell reports | 2018

The immune system is highly diverse, but characterization of its genetic architecture has lagged behind the vast progress made by genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of emergent diseases. Our GWAS for 54 functionally relevant phenotypes of the adaptive immune system in 489 healthy individuals identifies eight genome-wide significant associations explaining 6%-20% of variance. Coding and splicing variants in PTPRC and COMMD10 are involved in memory T cell differentiation. Genetic variation controlling disease-relevant T helper cell subsets includes RICTOR and STON2 associated with Th2 and Th17, respectively, and the interferon-lambda locus controlling regulatory T cell proliferation. Early and memory B cell differentiation stages are associated with variation in LARP1B and SP4. Finally, the latrophilin family member ADGRL2 correlates with baseline pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 levels. Suggestive associations reveal mechanisms of autoimmune disease associations, in particular related to pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Pinpointing these key human immune regulators offers attractive therapeutic perspectives.

Pubmed ID: 30332657

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RRID:SCR_001757

Open source whole genome association analysis toolset, designed to perform range of basic, large scale analyses in computationally efficient manner. Used for analysis of genotype/phenotype data. Through integration with gPLINK and Haploview, there is some support for subsequent visualization, annotation and storage of results. PLINK 1.9 is improved and second generation of the software.

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RRID:SCR_003307

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RRID:SCR_006796

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