Carriers of rare missense variants in IFIH1 are protected from psoriasis

Yonghong Li, Wilson Liao, Michele Cargill, Monica Chang, Nori Matsunami, Bing Jian Feng, Annie Poon, Kristina P. Callis-Duffin, Joseph J. Catanese, Anne M. Bowcock, Mark F. Leppert, Pui Yan Kwok, Gerald G. Krueger, Ann B. Begovich

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Abstract

Testing of 25,000 putative functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the human genome in a genetic association study has identified three psoriasis genes, IL12B, IL23R, and IL13. We now report evidence for the association of psoriasis risk with missense SNPs in the interferon induced with helicase C domain 1 gene (IFIH1). The rare alleles of two independent SNPs were associated with decreased risk of psoriasisrs35667974 (Ile923Val): odds ratio (OR) for minor allele carriers is 0.43, P2.36 × 10-5 (2,098 cases vs. 1,748 controls); and rs10930046 (His460Arg): OR for minor allele carriers is 0.51, P=6.47 × 10-4 (2,098 cases vs. 1,744 controls). Compared to noncarriers, carriers of the 923Val and/or 460Arg variants were protected from psoriasis (OR0.46, P5.56 × 10-8). To our knowledge, these results suggest that IFIH1 is a previously unreported psoriasis gene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2768-2772
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Investigative Dermatology
Volume130
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

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