Genome-wide association analysis of eosinophilic esophagitis provides insight into the tissue specificity of this allergic disease. |
Authors: |
Kottyan, LC Davis, BP Sherrill, JD Liu, K Rochman, M Kaufman, K Weirauch, MT Vaughn, S Lazaro, S Rupert, AM Kohram, M Stucke, EM Kemme, KA Magnusen, A He, H Dexheimer, P Chehade, M Wood, RA Pesek, RD Vickery, BP Fleischer, DM Lindbad, R Sampson, HA Mukkada, VA Putnam, PE Abonia, JP Martin, LJ Harley, JB Rothenberg, ME
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Citation: |
Kottyan LC, etal., Nat Genet. 2014 Aug;46(8):895-900. doi: 10.1038/ng.3033. Epub 2014 Jul 13. |
RGD ID: |
11100049 |
Pubmed: |
PMID:25017104 (View Abstract at PubMed) |
PMCID: |
PMC4121957 (View Article at PubMed Central) |
DOI: |
DOI:10.1038/ng.3033 (Journal Full-text) |
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic inflammatory disorder associated with allergic hypersensitivity to food. We interrogated >1.5 million genetic variants in EoE cases of European ancestry and subsequently in a multi-site cohort with local and out-of-study control subjects. In addition to replicating association of the 5q22 locus (meta-analysis P=1.9x10(-16)), we identified an association at 2p23 spanning CAPN14 (P=2.5x10(-10)). CAPN14 was specifically expressed in the esophagus, was dynamically upregulated as a function of disease activity and genetic haplotype and after exposure of epithelial cells to interleukin (IL)-13, and was located in an epigenetic hotspot modified by IL-13. Genes neighboring the top 208 EoE-associated sequence variants were enriched for esophageal expression, and multiple loci for allergic sensitization were associated with EoE susceptibility (4.8x10(-2)
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