Replication study of multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility alleles and correlation of DNA-variants with disease features in a cohort of Austrian MS patients

Mascha C. Schmied, Sonja Zehetmayer, Markus Reindl, Rainer Ehling, Barbara Bajer-Kornek, Fritz Leutmezer, Karin Zebenholzer, Christoph Hotzy, Peter Lichtner, Thomas Meitinger, H. Erich Wichmann, Thomas Illig, Christian Gieger, Klaus Huber, Michael Khalil, Sigrid Fuchs, Helena Schmidt, Eduard Auff, Wolfgang Kristoferitsch, Franz FazekasThomas Berger, Karl Vass, Alexander Zimprich

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Abstract

We performed a replication study in 883 Austrian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 972 control individuals for 25 previously risk-associated loci (39 SNPs). Two loci, rs1109670 (DDEF2/MBOAT2, p<0.02) and rs16914086 (TBC1D2, p<0.05), are replicated here for the first time. Furthermore, we tested all 39 SNPs for association with age at disease onset and measures of disease severity. We observed a trend for association of rs3135388 (HLADRB1* 1501, p<0.01), rs7090530 (IL2RA, p<0.026) and rs1841770 (ZIC1, p<0.017) with a younger age at MS onset and of rs12044852 (CD58, p<0.035) with shorter time to reach EDSS6.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)181-187
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftNeurogenetics
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer2
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2012
Extern publiziertJa

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