Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium, Belgian-French IBD Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control, Jeffrey C. Barrett, Sarah Hansoul, Dan L. Nicolae, Judy H. Cho, Richard H. Duerr, John D. Rioux, Steven R. Brant, Mark S. Silverberg, Kent D. Taylor, M. Michael Barmada, Alain Bitton, Themistocles Dassopoulos, Lisa Wu Datta, Todd Green, Anne M. Griffiths, Emily O. Kistner, Michael T. Murtha, Miguel D. Regueiro, Jerome I. RotterL. Philip Schumm, A. Hillary Steinhart, Stephan R. Targan, Ramnik J. Xavier, Cecile Libioulle, Cynthia Sandor, Mark Lathrop, Jacques Belaiche, Olivier Dewit, Ivo Gut, Simon Heath, Debby Laukens, Myriam Mni, Paul Rutgeerts, Andre Van Gossum, Diana Zelenika, Denis Franchimont, Jean-Pierre Hugot, Martine de Vos, Severine Vermeire, Edouard Louis, Lon R. Cardon, Carl A. Anderson, Hazel Drummond, Elaine Nimmo, Tariq Ahmad, Natalie J. Prescott, Clive M. Onnie, Sheila A. Fisher, Jonathan Marchini, Jack Satsangi

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Several risk factors for Crohn's disease have been identified in recent genome-wide association studies. To advance gene discovery further, we combined data from three studies on Crohn's disease ( a total of 3,230 cases and 4,829 controls) and carried out replication in 3,664 independent cases with a mixture of population-based and family-based controls. The results strongly confirm 11 previously reported loci and provide genome-wide significant evidence for 21 additional loci, including the regions containing STAT3, JAK2, ICOSLG, CDKAL1 and ITLN1. The expanded molecular understanding of the basis of this disease offers promise for informed therapeutic development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)955-962
Number of pages8
JournalNature Genetics
Volume40
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2008

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