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Guillen, Maribel Aranda; Røyrvik, Ellen Christine; Eriksson, Daniel; Berger, Amund Holte; Landegren, Nils; Alvarez, Haydee Artaza; Hallgren, Åsa; Grytaas, Marianne Aardal; Ström, Sara; Bratland, Eirik; Botusan, Ileana; Oftedal, Bergithe; Breivik, Lars; Vaudel, Mark; Helgeland, Øyvind; Falorni, Alberto; Jørgensen, Anders; Hulting, Anna-Lena; Svartberg, Johan Bernhard; Ekwall, Olov; Fougner, Kristian; Hughes, Jeanette Wahlberg; Nedrebø, Bjørn; Dahlqvist, Per Mikael; [...]

Genome-Wide Association Study Links Autoimmune Addison’s Disease to Break of Central Tolerance

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Genome-Wide Association Study Links Autoimmune Addison’s Disease to Break of Central Tolerance
  • Contributor: Guillen, Maribel Aranda; Røyrvik, Ellen Christine; Eriksson, Daniel; Berger, Amund Holte; Landegren, Nils; Alvarez, Haydee Artaza; Hallgren, Åsa; Grytaas, Marianne Aardal; Ström, Sara; Bratland, Eirik; Botusan, Ileana; Oftedal, Bergithe; Breivik, Lars; Vaudel, Mark; Helgeland, Øyvind; Falorni, Alberto; Jørgensen, Anders; Hulting, Anna-Lena; Svartberg, Johan Bernhard; Ekwall, Olov; Fougner, Kristian; Hughes, Jeanette Wahlberg; Nedrebø, Bjørn; Dahlqvist, Per Mikael; [...]
  • imprint: The Endocrine Society, 2021
  • Published in: Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.338
  • ISSN: 2472-1972
  • Keywords: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Autoimmune Addison’s disease is the predominant cause of primary adrenal failure, and is highly heritable. The genetic background has remained poorly understood due to the low prevalence and complex inheritance of the disease. We performed a genome-wide association study, which identified nine independent risk loci (P &amp;lt; 5 × 10–8). In addition to novel and previous risk loci involved in lymphocyte functionality, we further associated autoimmune Addison’s disease with two independent protein-coding alterations in the gene Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE). The most striking is the amino-acid substitution p.R471C (rs74203920, OR = 3.4 (2.7–4.3), P = 9.0 × 10–25), which introduces an additional cysteine residue in the zinc-finger motif of the PHD2 domain of AIRE. This unbiased elucidation of the genetic contribution to development of autoimmune Addison’s disease points to the importance of central immunological tolerance, and explains 35–41 percent of heritability.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access