Lupus

Study results from Chulalongkorn University, Medical Department provide new insights into lupus

Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, January 15th, 2009

"In this study, the association between the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility and the new candidate genes, IFNA1, IFNA2 and IFNA5 genes, major interferon-alpha subtypes, in responses to viral infection was investigated. Allele and genotype frequencies of each marker were compared between 150 SLE patients and 150 healthy control subjects," researchers in Bangkok, Thailand report.

"This study indicated that the A/A genotype of IFNA5 (-2529) and the G/G genotype of IFNA1 (-1823) were associated with the protection of SLE disease in a recessive model [P-c = 0.03, P = 0.01, odds ratio (OR) = 0.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.2-0.8 and P-c = 0.09, P =...

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Source: Genetics and Environmental Business Week (2009-01-15)

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