Genome-wide association study identifies variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with interleukin-18 levels

Meian He; Marilyn C. Cornelis; Peter Kraft; Rob M. Van Dam; Qi Sun; Cathy C. Laurie; Daniel B. Mirel; Daniel I. Chasman; Paul M. Ridker; David J. Hunter; Frank B. Hu; Lu Qi

doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.199422

Genome-wide association study identifies variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with interleukin-18 levels

Meian He, Marilyn C. Cornelis, Peter Kraft, Rob M. Van Dam, Qi Sun, Cathy C. Laurie, Daniel B. Mirel, Daniel I. Chasman, Paul M. Ridker, David J. Hunter, Frank B. Hu, Lu Qi^*

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Objective: Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a proinflammatory cytokine involved in the processes of innate and acquired immunities and associated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. We sought to identify the common genetic variants associated with IL-18 levels. Methods and results: We performed a 2-stage genome-wide association study among women of European ancestry from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and Women's Genome Health Study (WGHS). IL-18 levels were measured by ELISA. In the discovery stage (NHS, n=1523), 7 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the IL18-BCO2 locus were associated with IL-18 concentrations at the 1×10^-5 significance level. The strongest association was found for SNP rs2115763 in the BCO2 gene (P=6.31×10^-8). In silico replication in WGHS (435 women) confirmed these findings. The combined analysis of the 2 studies indicated that SNPs rs2115763, rs1834481, and rs7106524 reached a genome-wide significance level (P<5×10^-8). Forward selection analysis indicated that SNPs rs2115763 and rs1834481 were independently associated with IL-18 levels (P=0.0002 and 0.0006, respectively). The 2 SNPs together explained 2.9% of variation of plasma IL-18 levels. Conclusion: This study identified several novel variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with IL-18 levels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	885-890
Number of pages	6
Journal	Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.199422
State	Published - Apr 2010

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GWA study
IL-18
IL18 gene

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He, M., Cornelis, M. C., Kraft, P., Van Dam, R. M., Sun, Q., Laurie, C. C., Mirel, D. B., Chasman, D. I., Ridker, P. M., Hunter, D. J., Hu, F. B., & Qi, L. (2010). Genome-wide association study identifies variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with interleukin-18 levels. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 30(4), 885-890. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.199422

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Genome-wide association study identifies variants at the IL18-BCO2 locus associated with interleukin-18 levels

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