Loughborough University
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Reason: This item is currently closed access.

Genetic analysis of common variants of MMPs and their involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis in the East Midlands, UK

journal contribution
posted on 2018-06-18, 10:33 authored by C. McMullan, Monika Dowejko, Nick Cox, Anant M. Ghelani, Liz AkamLiz Akam, Ash Samanta, Sarabjit MastanaSarabjit Mastana
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects around 1% of population and causes irreversible synovial joint damage and bone erosion. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a role in pathologic processes; however their involvement in RA is not clear. This study investigated the association of MMP2, MMP7 and MMP9 with RA. Methods: DNA samples from European (103 controls, 125 patients) and South Asian (91 controls, 115 patients) populations were genotyped for MMP7 (rs11568818), MMP9 (rs17576) and MMP2 (rs2241145). Diplotype and triplotypes analyses were performed. Results: An individual is twice as likely to develop RA if they have an AG genotype at both the MMP9 and MMP7 loci in European (OR 2.2, CI 1.03-4.70) or South Asian population (OR 2.28, CI 1.00-5.20). A CG genotype at the MMP2 locus and AG at MMP9- 836 gives protection within a European population (OR 0.34, CI 0.17-0.70). Heterozygous genotype combination on all three loci in South Asians increases risk of RA by three times (OR 3.27, CI 1.04-10.20). South Asians showed a significant doubling of RA risk with a total genetic risk score of three or more. Conclusion: Our results show that polymorphisms at these three MMP loci impact RA susceptibility and have a synergetic effect.

History

School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Clinical Genomics

Volume

1

Issue

1

Pages

1 - 4

Citation

MCMULLAN, C. ... et al, 2018. Genetic analysis of common variants of MMPs and their involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis in the East Midlands, UK. Journal of Clinical Genomics, 1 (1), 1000104.

Publisher

© SciTechnol

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-05-08

Publication date

2018-05-14

Notes

This paper is closed access.

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC