Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ETS1 gene are associated with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in a northern Chinese Han population.

ABSTRACT: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ETS1 gene are associated with several auto-inflammatory diseases. In this study, we determined whether ETS1 gene polymorphisms confer susceptibility to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) in a northern Chinese Han population. DNA samples were collected from 1017 IIM patients: 363 PM cases and 654 DM cases. The results were compared with those of 1280 healthy controls. Five SNPs in the ETS1 region (rs7117932, rs6590330, rs4937362, rs10893845 and rs1128334) were assessed and genotyped using the Sequenom platform. Our data indicated that the rs7117932 alleles and genotypes are associated with DM and IIMs (P _c  = 6.0 × 10^-3 and P _c  = 0.029; P _c  = 0.013 and P _c  = 0.019, respectively). W

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640673 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature