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Mora-Bitria L, Asquith B. Innate receptors modulating adaptive T cell responses: KIR-HLA interactions and T cell-mediated control of chronic viral infections. Immunogenetics 2023; 75:269-282. [PMID: 36719466 PMCID: PMC9887252 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-023-01293-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are mainly expressed on natural killer (NK) cells and are key regulators of innate immune responses. NK cells are the first responders in the face of infection and help promote placentation during pregnancy; the importance of KIRs in these NK-mediated processes is well-established. However, mounting evidence suggests that KIRs also have a prominent and long-lasting effect on the adaptive immune system. Here, we review the evidence for the impact of KIRs on T cell responses with a focus on the clinical significance of this interaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Mora-Bitria
- Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Migdal M, Ruan DF, Forrest WF, Horowitz A, Hammer C. MiDAS-Meaningful Immunogenetic Data at Scale. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1009131. [PMID: 34228721 PMCID: PMC8284797 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Human immunogenetic variation in the form of HLA and KIR types has been shown to be strongly associated with a multitude of immune-related phenotypes. However, association studies involving immunogenetic loci most commonly involve simple analyses of classical HLA allelic diversity, resulting in limitations regarding the interpretability and reproducibility of results. We here present MiDAS, a comprehensive R package for immunogenetic data transformation and statistical analysis. MiDAS recodes input data in the form of HLA alleles and KIR types into biologically meaningful variables, allowing HLA amino acid fine mapping, analyses of HLA evolutionary divergence as well as experimentally validated HLA-KIR interactions. Further, MiDAS enables comprehensive statistical association analysis workflows with phenotypes of diverse measurement scales. MiDAS thus closes the gap between the inference of immunogenetic variation and its efficient utilization to make relevant discoveries related to immune and disease biology. It is freely available under a MIT license.
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- Maciej Migdal
- Roche Global IT Solution Centre (RGITSC), Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Precision Immunology Institute, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of OMNI Bioinformatics, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Precision Immunology Institute, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Immunology, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Mohammadhosayni M, Aslani S, Norouzi M, Jazayeri SM, Ahmadi M, Ghazanfari T. A systematic review and meta-analysis of killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) family genes association with risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV). GENE REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Omraninava M, Mehranfar S, Khosrojerdi A, Jamalzehi S, Karami J, Motallebnezhad M, Javan MR, Aslani S, Mohammadi H, Kousha A. Systematic review and meta-analytic findings on the association between killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. Pathog Glob Health 2020; 115:61-69. [PMID: 33258733 DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1848271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Several studies have evaluated the association between killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) genes and susceptibility risk to tuberculosis (TB) infection. Nonetheless, their outcomes have not been conclusive and consistent. Here we implemented a systematic review and meta-analysis of KIR genes association to susceptibility risk of pulmonary TB (PTB) infection to attain a clear understanding of the involvement of these genes in susceptibility to PTB infection. A systematic search was conducted in the MEDLINE/PubMed and Scopus databases to find case-control studies published before November 2020. Pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated to determine the association between KIR genes and risk of PTB infection. After comprehensive searching and implementing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 10 case-control studies were included in the meta-analysis. Four KIR genes were found to have significant positive association with PTB susceptibility risk of infection, including 2DL3 (OR = 1.454, 95% CI = 1.157-1.827; P = 0.001), 2DS1 (OR = 1.481, 95% CI = 1.334-1.837; P < 0.001), 2DS4 (OR = 1.782, 95% CI = 1.273-2.495; P = 0.001) and 3DL1 (OR = 1.726, 95% CI = 1.277-2.333; P < 0.001). However, the results showed that the remaining KIR genes (2DS2-4, 2DL1, 2, 4, 3DL1-2) and two pseudogenes (2DP1 and 3DP1) did not have significant associations with risk of PTB infection. This meta-analysis provides reliable evidence that the KIR genes 2DL3, 2DS1, 2DS4, and 3DL1 may be associated with an increased risk of PTB infection.
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- Melodi Omraninava
- Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University , Sari, Iran
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- Department of Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia, Iran.,Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University , Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences , Iranshahr, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences , Zabol, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences , Alborz, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran
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Significance of KIR like natural killer cell receptors in autoimmune disorders. Clin Immunol 2020; 216:108449. [PMID: 32376502 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2020.108449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), act as the regulators for the cytolytic activity of natural killer and certain T cells by interacting with the HLA class I ligands. KIRs have been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. However, their specific roles are still not very clear. Autoimmune diseases are multifactorial in nature, highlighting the influence of both genetic and environmental factors. The innate immune response plays an important role in autoimmunity as it alters the self-glycans that mimic molecular patterns found on different intracellular pathogens. Natural killer (NK) cells have an important position in the innate immune response. NK cell receptors are encoded by the leukocyte receptor complex located on the chromosome 19q13.4 and lectin-like receptors on chromosome 12p13. This review focuses on the role of KIRs and their relationship with different autoimmune diseases.
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Barrow AD, Martin CJ, Colonna M. The Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors in Health and Disease. Front Immunol 2019; 10:909. [PMID: 31134055 PMCID: PMC6514059 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCRs), NKp46, NKp44, and NKp30, were some of the first human activating Natural Killer (NK) cell receptors involved in the non-MHC-restricted recognition of tumor cells to be cloned over 20 years ago. Since this time many host- and pathogen-encoded ligands have been proposed to bind the NCRs and regulate the cytotoxic and cytokine-secreting functions of tissue NK cells. This diverse set of NCR ligands can manifest on the surface of tumor or virus-infected cells or can be secreted extracellularly, suggesting a remarkable NCR polyfunctionality that regulates the activity of NK cells in different tissue compartments during steady state or inflammation. Moreover, the NCRs can also be expressed by other innate and adaptive immune cell subsets under certain tissue conditions potentially conferring NK recognition programs to these cells. Here we review NCR biology in health and disease with particular reference to how this important class of receptors regulates the functions of tissue NK cells as well as confer NK cell recognition patterns to other innate and adaptive lymphocyte subsets. Finally, we highlight how NCR biology is being harnessed for novel therapeutic interventions particularly for enhanced tumor surveillance.
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- Alexander David Barrow
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Jayaraman J, Kirgizova V, Di D, Johnson C, Jiang W, Traherne JA. qKAT: Quantitative Semi-automated Typing of Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes. J Vis Exp 2019:10.3791/58646. [PMID: 30907867 PMCID: PMC6794157 DOI: 10.3791/58646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are a set of inhibitory and activating immune receptors, on natural killer (NK) and T cells, encoded by a polymorphic cluster of genes on chromosome 19. Their best-characterized ligands are the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules that are encoded within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus on chromosome 6. There is substantial evidence that they play a significant role in immunity, reproduction, and transplantation, making it crucial to have techniques that can accurately genotype them. However, high-sequence homology, as well as allelic and copy number variation, make it difficult to design methods that can accurately and efficiently genotype all KIR genes. Traditional methods are usually limited in the resolution of data obtained, throughput, cost-effectiveness, and the time taken for setting up and running the experiments. We describe a method called quantitative KIR semi-automated typing (qKAT), which is a high-throughput multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction method that can determine the gene copy numbers for all genes in the KIR locus. qKAT is a simple high-throughput method that can provide high-resolution KIR copy number data, which can be further used to infer the variations in the structurally polymorphic haplotypes that encompass them. This copy number and haplotype data can be beneficial for studies on large-scale disease associations, population genetics, as well as investigations on expression and functional interactions between KIR and HLA.
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- Jyothi Jayaraman
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge; Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge School of Medicine, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre; Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge; Department of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
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Oliveira LM, Portela P, Merzoni J, Beppler J, Dias FS, Graebin P, Alho CS, Schwartsmann G, Dal-Pizzol F, Jobim LF, Jobim M, Roesler R. KIR gene haplotype A is associated with hospital mortality in patients with sepsis. Clin Immunol 2019; 200:37-38. [PMID: 30710693 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2019.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Luciana M Oliveira
- Cancer and Neurobiology Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Intensive Care Unit, Pompéia Hospital, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Cancer and Neurobiology Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Experimental Physiopathology Laboratory, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, Brazil; Intensive Care Unit, São José Hospital, Criciúma, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Cancer and Neurobiology Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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The role of killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. Inflamm Res 2018; 67:727-736. [PMID: 29869094 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-018-1162-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Revised: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease, which involves the gut and comprises of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Immune cells, including natural killer (NK) cells, play an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are NK cell surface receptors, which ligate to the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and have inhibitory or activating effects on the NK cells. The aim of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of the six studies evaluating the association in the polymorphisms of these KIR genes and the IBD risk (4 UC and 5 CD studies). METHODS A systematic search was conducted in the electronic databases to find all the studies on the KIR gene polymorphism in IBD patients prior to December 2017. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to find any association between KIR gene polymorphisms and the IBD risk. RESULTS Following extraction of the data from the studies, which were screened by inclusion and exclusion criteria, collectively 432 patients and 886 controls for UC and 1677 patients and 1308 controls for CD were included in the meta-analysis. The statistical evaluation demonstrated positive associations between 2DL5 (OR=1.31, 95% CI=1.01-1.69) and 2DS1 (OR=1.33, 95% CI=1.01-1.76) members of KIR genes and UC risk, as well a negative association between 2DS3 gene and CD risk was detected (OR=0.74, 95% CI=0.60-0.90). CONCLUSIONS There are positive associations between 2DL5 and 2DS1 members of KIR genes and UC risk and a negative association between 2DS3 and CD risk.
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.Robertson CC, Rich SS. Genetics of type 1 diabetes. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2018; 50:7-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Chaisri S, Traherne JA, Jayaraman J, Romphruk A, Trowsdale J, Leelayuwat C. Novel KIR genotypes and gene copy number variations in northeastern Thais. Immunology 2017; 153:380-386. [PMID: 28950036 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
KIR (Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor) variants influence immune responses and are genetic factors in disease susceptibility. Using sequence-specific priming PCR, we have previously described the diversity of KIR genes in term of presence/absence in northeastern Thais (NETs). To provide additional resolution beyond conventional methods, quantitative PCR was applied to determine KIR copy number profiles. Novel expanded and contracted KIR copy number profiles were identified at cumulatively high frequencies. These all comprise haplotypes with duplication (6·9%) or deletion (2·7%) of KIR3DL1/S1 along with adjacent genes. Five expanded KIR profiles comprised haplotypes with duplications of KIR2DP1, 2DL1, 3DP1, 2DL4, 3DL1/S1 and 2DS1/4, whereas two contracted profiles contained only a single copy of KIR3DP1, 3DL1/S1 and 2DL4. Using a KIR haplotype prediction program (KIR Haplotype Identifier), 14% of NET haplotypes carried atypical haplotypes based on the gene copy number data.
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- Suwit Chaisri
- Chulabhorn International College of Medicine (CICM), Thammasat University, Klong Luang, Thailand.,The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (CMDL), Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (CMDL), Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.,Blood Transfusion Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (CMDL), Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.,Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Sciences, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Belbin GM, Odgis J, Sorokin EP, Yee MC, Kohli S, Glicksberg BS, Gignoux CR, Wojcik GL, Van Vleck T, Jeff JM, Linderman M, Schurmann C, Ruderfer D, Cai X, Merkelson A, Justice AE, Young KL, Graff M, North KE, Peters U, James R, Hindorff L, Kornreich R, Edelmann L, Gottesman O, Stahl EE, Cho JH, Loos RJ, Bottinger EP, Nadkarni GN, Abul-Husn NS, Kenny EE. Genetic identification of a common collagen disease in puerto ricans via identity-by-descent mapping in a health system. eLife 2017; 6:25060. [PMID: 28895531 PMCID: PMC5595434 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Achieving confidence in the causality of a disease locus is a complex task that often requires supporting data from both statistical genetics and clinical genomics. Here we describe a combined approach to identify and characterize a genetic disorder that leverages distantly related patients in a health system and population-scale mapping. We utilize genomic data to uncover components of distant pedigrees, in the absence of recorded pedigree information, in the multi-ethnic BioMe biobank in New York City. By linking to medical records, we discover a locus associated with both elevated genetic relatedness and extreme short stature. We link the gene, COL27A1, with a little-known genetic disease, previously thought to be rare and recessive. We demonstrate that disease manifests in both heterozygotes and homozygotes, indicating a common collagen disorder impacting up to 2% of individuals of Puerto Rican ancestry, leading to a better understanding of the continuum of complex and Mendelian disease. Diseases often run in families. These disease are frequently linked to changes in DNA that are passed down through generations. Close family members may share these disease-causing mutations; so may distant relatives who inherited the same mutation from a common ancestor long ago. Geneticists use a method called linkage mapping to trace a disease found in multiple members of a family over generations to genetic changes in a shared ancestor. This allows scientists to pinpoint the exact place in the genome the disease-causing mutation occurred. Using computer algorithms, scientists can apply the same technique to identify mutations that distant relatives inherited from a common ancestor. Belbin et al. used this computational technique to identify a mutation that may cause unusually short stature or bone and joint problems in up to 2% of people of Puerto Rican descent. In the experiments, the genomes of about 32,000 New Yorkers who have volunteered to participate in the BioMe Biobank and their health records were used to search for genetic changes linked to extremely short stature. The search revealed that people who inherited two copies of this mutation from their parents were likely to be extremely short or to have bone and joint problems. People who inherited one copy had an increased likelihood of joint or bone problems. This mutation affects a gene responsible for making a form of protein called collagen that is important for bone growth. The analysis suggests the mutation first arose in a Native American ancestor living in Puerto Rico around the time that European colonization began. The mutation had previously been linked to a disorder called Steel syndrome that was thought to be rare. Belbin et al. showed this condition is actually fairly common in people whose ancestors recently came from Puerto Rico, but may often go undiagnosed by their physicians. The experiments emphasize the importance of including diverse populations in genetic studies, as studies of people of predominantly European descent would likely have missed the link between this disease and mutation.
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- Gillian Morven Belbin
- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Harris Center for Precision Wellness, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, United States.,Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, United States.,Center for Statistical Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, United States
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- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Harris Center for Precision Wellness, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, United States.,Broad Institute, Cambridge, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,The Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Center for Statistical Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, United States
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Coexpression Analysis of Transcriptome on AIDS and Other Human Disease Pathways by Canonical Correlation Analysis. Int J Genomics 2017; 2017:9163719. [PMID: 28695125 PMCID: PMC5488239 DOI: 10.1155/2017/9163719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a severe disease in humans caused by human immunodeficiency virus. Several human genes were characterized as host genetic factors that impact the processes of AIDS disease. Recent studies on AIDS patients revealed a series disease is complicating with AIDS. To resolve gene interaction between AIDS and complicating diseases, a canonical correlation analysis was used to identify the global correlation between AIDS and other disease pathway genes expression. The results showed that HLA-B, HLA-A, MH9, ZNED1, IRF1, TLR8, TSG101, NCOR2, and GML are the key AIDS-restricted genes highly correlated with other disease pathway genes. Furthermore, pathway genes in several diseases such as asthma, autoimmune thyroid disease, and malaria were globally correlated with ARGs. It suggests that these diseases are a high risk in AIDS patients as complicating diseases.
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Jiang W, Johnson C, Simecek N, López-Álvarez MR, Di D, Trowsdale J, Traherne JA. qKAT: a high-throughput qPCR method for KIR gene copy number and haplotype determination. Genome Med 2016; 8:99. [PMID: 27686127 PMCID: PMC5041586 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0358-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), expressed on natural killer cells and T cells, have considerable biomedical relevance playing significant roles in immunity, pregnancy and transplantation. The KIR locus is one of the most complex and polymorphic regions of the human genome. Extensive sequence homology and copy number variation makes KIRs technically laborious and expensive to type. To aid the investigation of KIRs in human disease we developed a high-throughput, multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction method to determine gene copy number for each KIR locus. We used reference DNA samples to validate the accuracy and a cohort of 1698 individuals to evaluate capability for precise copy number discrimination. The method provides improved information and identifies KIR haplotype alterations that were not previously visible using other approaches.
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- W Jiang
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
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