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CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 310-319Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000052
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genome-wide association study; primary sclerosing cholangitis
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Purpose of reviewThe pathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) involves heritable factors. This review summarizes the recent genetic studies and discusses the implications of identified risk loci.Recent findingsA total of 16 PSC susceptibility loci have been identified in genome-wide association studies and related study designs. At least 33 additional loci are involved in what is increasingly acknowledged to represent a general pool of genetic risk loci for immune-mediated diseases. One important group of genes is part of well characterized immune pathways (e.g. interleukin 2 signaling), whereas for other loci the relationship to PSC pathophysiology is less evident. Importantly, the loci collectively account for only 7.3% of overall PSC liability, thus pointing to a large contribution from environmental factors to PSC development. The individual PSC risk genes cannot be interpreted within a simple cause-effect model used for monogenic traits, but need to be explored for their individual biological correlates, preferably in a disease context. To some extent, as exemplified for the human leukocyte antigen and FUT2 associations, genetic findings may guide the discovery of interacting and co-occuring environmental susceptibility factors.SummaryMultiple PSC susceptibility loci are now available for exploration in experimental model systems and patient-centered research.
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