Several Critical Cell Types, Tissues, and Pathways Are Implicated in Genome-Wide Association Studies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Author:

Liu Lu12345,Yin Xianyong12346,Wen Leilei12345,Yang Chao12345,Sheng Yujun1234,Lin Yan1234,Zhu Zhengwei1234,Shen Changbing1234,Shi Yinjuan12345,Zheng Yajie12345,Yang Sen1234,Zhang Xuejun1234,Cui Yong15

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China

2. Key Laboratory of Dermatology, Ministry of Education, State Key Lab of Dermatology Incubation Center, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China

3. Key Laboratory of Gene Resource Utilization for Complex Diseases, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China

4. Collaborative Innovation Center for Complex and Severe Dermatosis, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032, China

5. Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China

6. Department of Genetics, The Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Abstract

Abstract We aimed to elucidate the cell types, tissues, and pathways influenced by common variants in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We applied a nonparameter enrichment statistical approach, termed SNPsea, in 181 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have been identified to be associated with the risk of SLE through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in Eastern Asian and Caucasian populations, to manipulate the critical cell types, tissues, and pathways. In the two most significant cells’ findings (B lymphocytes and CD14+ monocytes), we subjected the GWAS association evidence in the Han Chinese population to an enrichment test of expression quantitative trait locus (QTL) sites and DNase I hypersensitivity, respectively. In both Eastern Asian and Caucasian populations, we observed that the expression level of SLE GWAS implicated genes was significantly elevated in xeroderma pigentosum B cells (P ≤ 1.00 × 10−6), CD14+ monocytes (P ≤ 2.74 × 10−4) and CD19+ B cells (P ≤ 2.00 × 10−6), and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) (P ≤ 9.00 × 10−6). We revealed that the SLE GWAS-associated variants were more likely to reside in expression QTL in B lymphocytes (q1/q0 = 2.15, P = 1.23 × 10−44) and DNase I hypersensitivity sites (DHSs) in CD14+ monocytes (q1/q0 = 1.41, P = 0.08). We observed the common variants affected the risk of SLE mostly through by regulating multiple immune system processes and immune response signaling. This study sheds light on several immune cells and responses, as well as the regulatory effect of common variants in the pathogenesis of SLE.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Genetics(clinical),Genetics,Molecular Biology

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