Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Tuberculosis is a significant public health concern resulting in the death of over 1 million individuals each year worldwide. While treatment options and vaccines exist, a substantial number of infections still remain untrea...

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Main Authors: Tervi, Anniina, Junna, Nella, Broberg, Martin, Jones, Samuel E, Partinen, Markku, Pirinen, Matti, Bryson, Bryan, Strausz, Satu, Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka, Heckman, Caroline A, Ollila, Hanna M
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147782
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author Tervi, Anniina
Junna, Nella
Broberg, Martin
Jones, Samuel E
Partinen, Markku
Pirinen, Matti
Bryson, Bryan
Strausz, Satu
Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka
Heckman, Caroline A
Ollila, Hanna M
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Tervi, Anniina
Junna, Nella
Broberg, Martin
Jones, Samuel E
Partinen, Markku
Pirinen, Matti
Bryson, Bryan
Strausz, Satu
Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka
Heckman, Caroline A
Ollila, Hanna M
author_sort Tervi, Anniina
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description <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Tuberculosis is a significant public health concern resulting in the death of over 1 million individuals each year worldwide. While treatment options and vaccines exist, a substantial number of infections still remain untreated or are caused by treatment resistant strains. Therefore, it is important to identify mechanisms that contribute to risk and prognosis of tuberculosis as this may provide tools to understand disease mechanisms and provide novel treatment options for those with severe infection. Our goal was to identify genetic risk factors that contribute to the risk of tuberculosis and to understand biological mechanisms and causality behind the risk of tuberculosis. A total of 1895 individuals in the FinnGen study had International Classification of Diseases-based tuberculosis diagnosis. Genome-wide association study analysis identified genetic variants with statistically significant association with tuberculosis at the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region (P &amp;lt; 5e−8). Fine mapping of the HLA association provided evidence for one protective haplotype tagged by HLA DQB1*05:01 (P = 1.82E−06, OR = 0.81 [CI 95% 0.74–0.88]), and predisposing alleles tagged by HLA DRB1*13:02 (P = 0.00011, OR = 1.35 [CI 95% 1.16–1.57]). Furthermore, genetic correlation analysis showed association with earlier reported risk factors including smoking (P &amp;lt; 0.05). Mendelian randomization supported smoking as a risk factor for tuberculosis (inverse-variance weighted P &amp;lt; 0.05, OR = 1.83 [CI 95% 1.15–2.93]) with no significant evidence of pleiotropy. Our findings indicate that specific HLA alleles associate with the risk of tuberculosis. In addition, lifestyle risk factors such as smoking contribute to the risk of developing tuberculosis.</jats:p>
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spelling mit-1721.1/1477822023-02-01T03:25:16Z Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA Tervi, Anniina Junna, Nella Broberg, Martin Jones, Samuel E Partinen, Markku Pirinen, Matti Bryson, Bryan Strausz, Satu Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka Heckman, Caroline A Ollila, Hanna M Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Tuberculosis is a significant public health concern resulting in the death of over 1 million individuals each year worldwide. While treatment options and vaccines exist, a substantial number of infections still remain untreated or are caused by treatment resistant strains. Therefore, it is important to identify mechanisms that contribute to risk and prognosis of tuberculosis as this may provide tools to understand disease mechanisms and provide novel treatment options for those with severe infection. Our goal was to identify genetic risk factors that contribute to the risk of tuberculosis and to understand biological mechanisms and causality behind the risk of tuberculosis. A total of 1895 individuals in the FinnGen study had International Classification of Diseases-based tuberculosis diagnosis. Genome-wide association study analysis identified genetic variants with statistically significant association with tuberculosis at the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region (P &amp;lt; 5e−8). Fine mapping of the HLA association provided evidence for one protective haplotype tagged by HLA DQB1*05:01 (P = 1.82E−06, OR = 0.81 [CI 95% 0.74–0.88]), and predisposing alleles tagged by HLA DRB1*13:02 (P = 0.00011, OR = 1.35 [CI 95% 1.16–1.57]). Furthermore, genetic correlation analysis showed association with earlier reported risk factors including smoking (P &amp;lt; 0.05). Mendelian randomization supported smoking as a risk factor for tuberculosis (inverse-variance weighted P &amp;lt; 0.05, OR = 1.83 [CI 95% 1.15–2.93]) with no significant evidence of pleiotropy. Our findings indicate that specific HLA alleles associate with the risk of tuberculosis. In addition, lifestyle risk factors such as smoking contribute to the risk of developing tuberculosis.</jats:p> 2023-01-30T15:25:24Z 2023-01-30T15:25:24Z 2022 2023-01-30T15:14:58Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147782 Tervi, Anniina, Junna, Nella, Broberg, Martin, Jones, Samuel E, Partinen, Markku et al. 2022. "Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA." Human Molecular Genetics, 32 (1). en 10.1093/HMG/DDAC212 Human Molecular Genetics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford University Press
spellingShingle Tervi, Anniina
Junna, Nella
Broberg, Martin
Jones, Samuel E
Partinen, Markku
Pirinen, Matti
Bryson, Bryan
Strausz, Satu
Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka
Heckman, Caroline A
Ollila, Hanna M
Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title_full Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title_fullStr Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title_full_unstemmed Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title_short Large registry-based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at HLA
title_sort large registry based analysis of genetic predisposition to tuberculosis identifies genetic risk factors at hla
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147782
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