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Meta-Analysis
. 2006 Jul;65(7):919-23.
doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.039164. Epub 2005 Nov 10.

TNFalpha polymorphisms and risk of psoriatic arthritis

P Rahman  1 , F Siannis, C Butt, V Farewell, L Peddle, F Pellett, D Gladman
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Meta-Analysis

TNFalpha polymorphisms and risk of psoriatic arthritis

P Rahman et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Background: Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is a cytokine of critical importance in psoriatic arthritis.

Objectives: (1) To examine the association between TNFalpha promoter gene polymorphisms and psoriatic arthritis in two well characterised Canadian populations with the disease; (2) to carry out a meta-analysis of all TNFalpha association studies in white psoriatic arthritis populations.

Methods: DNA samples were genotyped for five TNF variants by time of flight mass spectrometry using the Sequenom platform. All five single nucleotide polymorphisms were in the 5' flanking region of TNFalpha gene at the following positions: -1031 (T-->C), -863 (C-->A), -857 (C-->T), -308 (G-->A), and -238 (G-->A). Primary analyses were based on logistic regression. Summary estimates of disease/genotype relations from several studies were derived from random effects meta-analyses.

Results: 237 psoriatic arthritis subjects and 103 controls from Newfoundland and 203 psoriatic arthritis subjects and 101 controls from Toronto were studied. A combined analysis of data from both populations, showed a significant association between disease status and the -238(A) variant (p=0.01). The meta-analysis estimate for the -238(A) TNFalpha variant in eight psoriatic arthritis populations was also significant (odds ratio=2.29 (95% confidence interval, 1.48 to 3.55)).

Conclusions: Analysis of TNFalpha variants in psoriatic arthritis populations shows that the -238 (A) variant is a significant risk factor for this disease.

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