P&F 4 - Asthma Candidate Genes Identified by Genome-Wide Association Analysis ConferSusceptibility to or Protection from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)PI: Peisong Gao, M.D.A major goal of this study to determine the extent to which single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in novelasthma genes are similarly associated with RA according to the hypothesis that there might be commonunderlying genes for both RA and asthma, likely involved in various inflammatory pathways. To date we havecompleted analyses of 1,000 African American asthma cases and healthy controls and 1,000 AfricanCaribbean family-based populations. We are generating a list of candidate genes based on the significance (Pvalue) and replication across both an independent African American populations and an independentpopulation of asthmatics from the U.K. (~3,000) as part of our collaboration with partners at the Heart & LungInstitute in London. These candidates will be prioritized for genotyping individuals with rheumatoid arthritis. Atotal of 384 SNPs will be selected for generating a custom 384-plex panel and genotyped using theBeadXpress platform. This panel can be used from 1 to 480 samples with the same expenses. Thus, instead ofthe original we proposed to include 200 diagnosed RA patients who meet the American College ofRheumatology (ACR) criteria for the classification of RA, we are collecting more samples (-400) from ourongoing RA studies including a pilot study and a large cohort study at Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center (ESCAPERA) trial. We believe that we will generate a significant amount of data (384 x 400) for analyses of geneticassociation with RA and relationship between two common diseases, asthma and RA.
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