studies Study Report - GWAS of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C (HGVST374)
bookmark Bookmark..
Export Study as: 
HGVbaseG2P identifier HGVST374
Study name GWAS of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C
Phenotype(s) tested
Response to hepatitis C treatment
Study design Cases (response) with replication
Genotype Platforms Affymetrix 621,220
Abstract The recommended treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C, pegylated interferon-alpha (PEG-IFN-alpha) plus ribavirin (RBV), does not provide sustained virologic response (SVR) in all patients. We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to null virological response (NVR) in the treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 within a Japanese population. We found two SNPs near the gene IL28B on chromosome 19 to be strongly associated with NVR (rs12980275, P = 1.93 x 10(-13), and rs8099917, 3.11 x 10(-15)). We replicated these associations in an independent cohort (combined P values, 2.84 x 10(-27) (OR = 17.7; 95% CI = 10.0-31.3) and 2.68 x 10(-32) (OR = 27.1; 95% CI = 14.6-50.3), respectively). Compared to NVR, these SNPs were also associated with SVR (rs12980275, P = 3.99 x 10(-24), and rs8099917, P = 1.11 x 10(-27)). In further fine mapping of the region, seven SNPs (rs8105790, rs11881222, rs8103142, rs28416813, rs4803219, rs8099917 and rs7248668) located in the IL28B region showed the most significant associations (P = 5.52 x 10(-28)-2.68 x 10(-32); OR = 22.3-27.1). Real-time quantitative PCR assays in peripheral blood mononuclear cells showed lower IL28B expression levels in individuals carrying the minor alleles (P = 0.015).
Submission information
ContributorDate
Submitted
Author? Submitter? Source?
NHGRI Catalog of Published Genome-Wide Association Studies 2008-04-08 no no yes
HGVbaseG2P 2008-04-08 no yes no
Tanaka Y et al. 2008-04-08 yes no no
Cross-references NHGRI GWAS catalog study annotation for HGVST374link
Background Not supplied  
Objectives Not supplied
Key results Not supplied
Conclusions Not supplied
Reason for study size Not supplied
Study power Not supplied
Sources of bias Not supplied
Limitations Not supplied
Acknowledgements Not supplied
Other citations
Hindorff LA, Sethupathy P, Junkins HA et al.link
Potential etiologic and functional implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traits.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2009 May 27
Tanaka Y, Nishida N, Sugiyama M et al.link
Genome-wide association of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
Nature genetics 2009;41(10):1105-9