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ToolsBiologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetics and Genomics Study Syndicate (BRAGGSS) (2014) Evidence of NLRP3-inflammasome activation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA); genetic variants within the NLRP3-inflammasome complex in relation to susceptibility to RA and response to anti-TNF treatment. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73 (6). pp. 1202-1210. ISSN 0003-4967
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BACKGROUND: The NLRP3-inflammasome, implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory disorders, has been analysed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Relative gene expression of NLRP3-inflammasome components was characterised in PBMCs of 29 patients receiving infliximab. A total of 1278 Caucasian patients with RA from the Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetics and Genomics Study Syndicate (BRAGGSS) cohort receiving tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists (infliximab, adalimumab and etanercept) were genotyped for 34 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), spanning the genes NLRP3, MEFV and CARD8. Regression analyses were performed to test for association between genotype and susceptibility and treatment response (disease activity score across 28 joints (DAS28) and EULAR improvement criteria) at 6 months, with secondary expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analyses. RESULTS: At baseline, gene expression of ASC, MEFV, NLRP3-FL, NLRP3-SL and CASP1 were significantly higher compared with controls whereas CARD8 was lower in the patients. Caspase-1 and interleukin-18 levels were significantly raised in patients with RA. SNPs in NLRP3 showed association with RA susceptibility and EULAR response to anti-TNF in the BRAGGSS cohort, and in monocytes but not B cells, in eQTL analysis of 283 healthy controls. CARD8 SNPs were associated with RA susceptibility and DAS28 improvement in response to anti-TNF and eQTL effects in monocytes and B cells. CONCLUSIONS: This study found evidence of modulation of the NLRP3-inflammasome in patients with RA prior to receiving infliximab and some evidence of association for SNPs at NLRP3 and CARD8 loci with RA susceptibility and response to anti-TNF. The SNPs associated with susceptibility/response are not the main eQTL variants for either locus, and the associations with treatment response require replication in an independent cohort.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adult,aged,therapeutic use,drug therapy,genetics,genetics,case-control studies,genetics,genetics,female,gene expression profiling,genetic predisposition to disease,genotype,humans,genetics,linear models,male,middle aged,multivariate analysis,nlr family, pyrin domain-containing 3 protein,genetics,polymorphism, single nucleotide,pyrin,analysis,antagonists & inhibitors |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry Faculty of Science Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy (former - to 2009) |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2020 00:01 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2022 16:31 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76607 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203276 |
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