Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is a rare autoimmune cause of kidney failure. Here we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for primary MN in 3,782 cases and 9,038 controls of East Asian and European ancestries. We discover two previously unreported loci, NFKB1 (rs230540, OR = 1.25, P = 3.4 × 10−12) and IRF4 (rs9405192, OR = 1.29, P = 1.4 × 10−14), fine-map the PLA2R1 locus (rs17831251, OR = 2.25, P = 4.7 × 10−103) and report ancestry-specific effects of three classical HLA alleles: DRB1*1501 in East Asians (OR = 3.81, P = 2.0 × 10−49), DQA1*0501 in Europeans (OR = 2.88, P = 5.7 × 10−93), and DRB1*0301 in both ethnicities (OR = 3.50, P = 9.2 × 10−23 and OR = 3.39, P = 5.2 × 10−82, respectively). GWAS loci explain 32% of disease risk in East Asians and 25% in Europeans, and correctly re-classify 20–37% of the cases in validation cohorts that are antibody-negative by the serum anti-PLA2R ELISA diagnostic test. Our findings highlight an unusual genetic architecture of MN, with four loci and their interactions accounting for nearly one-third of the disease risk.

The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis / Xie, J.; Liu, L.; Mladkova, N.; Li, Y.; Ren, H.; Wang, W.; Cui, Z.; Lin, L.; Hu, X.; Yu, X.; Xu, J.; Liu, G.; Caliskan, Y.; Sidore, C.; Balderes, O.; Rosen, R. J.; Bodria, M.; Zanoni, F.; Zhang, J. Y.; Krithivasan, P.; Mehl, K.; Marasa, M.; Khan, A.; Ozay, F.; Canetta, P. A.; Bomback, A. S.; Appel, G. B.; Sanna-Cherchi, S.; Sampson, M. G.; Mariani, L. H.; Perkowska-Ptasinska, A.; Durlik, M.; Mucha, K.; Moszczuk, B.; Foroncewicz, B.; Paczek, L.; Habura, I.; Ars, E.; Ballarin, J.; Mani, L. -Y.; Vogt, B.; Ozturk, S.; Yildiz, A.; Seyahi, N.; Arikan, H.; Koc, M.; Basturk, T.; Karahan, G.; Akgul, S. U.; Sever, M. S.; Zhang, D.; Santoro, D.; Bonomini, M.; Londrino, F.; Gesualdo, L.; Reiterova, J.; Tesar, V.; Izzi, C.; Savoldi, S.; Spotti, D.; Marcantoni, C.; Messa, P.; Galliani, M.; Roccatello, D.; Granata, S.; Zaza, G.; Lugani, F.; Ghiggeri, G. M.; Pisani, I.; Allegri, L.; Sprangers, B.; Park, J. -H.; Cho, B. L.; Kim, Y. S.; Kim, D. K.; Suzuki, H.; Amoroso, A.; Cattran, D. C.; Fervenza, F. C.; Pani, A.; Hamilton, P.; Harris, S.; Gupta, S.; Cheshire, C.; Dufek, S.; Issler, N.; Pepper, R. J.; Connolly, J.; Powis, S.; Bockenhauer, D.; Stanescu, H. C.; Ashman, N.; Loos, R. J. F.; Kenny, E. E.; Wuttke, M.; Eckardt, K. -U.; Kottgen, A.; Hofstra, J. M.; Coenen, M. J. H.; Kiemeney, L. A.; Akilesh, S.; Kretzler, M.; Beck, L. H.; Stengel, B.; Debiec, H.; Ronco, P.; Wetzels, J. F. M.; Zoledziewska, M.; Cucca, F.; Ionita-Laza, I.; Lee, H.; Hoxha, E.; Stahl, R. A. K.; Brenchley, P.; Scolari, F.; Zhao, M. -H.; Gharavi, A. G.; Kleta, R.; Chen, N.; Kiryluk, K.. - In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2041-1723. - 11:1(2020), p. 1600. [10.1038/s41467-020-15383-w]

The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis

Sidore C.;Zoledziewska M.;Cucca F.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is a rare autoimmune cause of kidney failure. Here we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for primary MN in 3,782 cases and 9,038 controls of East Asian and European ancestries. We discover two previously unreported loci, NFKB1 (rs230540, OR = 1.25, P = 3.4 × 10−12) and IRF4 (rs9405192, OR = 1.29, P = 1.4 × 10−14), fine-map the PLA2R1 locus (rs17831251, OR = 2.25, P = 4.7 × 10−103) and report ancestry-specific effects of three classical HLA alleles: DRB1*1501 in East Asians (OR = 3.81, P = 2.0 × 10−49), DQA1*0501 in Europeans (OR = 2.88, P = 5.7 × 10−93), and DRB1*0301 in both ethnicities (OR = 3.50, P = 9.2 × 10−23 and OR = 3.39, P = 5.2 × 10−82, respectively). GWAS loci explain 32% of disease risk in East Asians and 25% in Europeans, and correctly re-classify 20–37% of the cases in validation cohorts that are antibody-negative by the serum anti-PLA2R ELISA diagnostic test. Our findings highlight an unusual genetic architecture of MN, with four loci and their interactions accounting for nearly one-third of the disease risk.
2020
The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis / Xie, J.; Liu, L.; Mladkova, N.; Li, Y.; Ren, H.; Wang, W.; Cui, Z.; Lin, L.; Hu, X.; Yu, X.; Xu, J.; Liu, G.; Caliskan, Y.; Sidore, C.; Balderes, O.; Rosen, R. J.; Bodria, M.; Zanoni, F.; Zhang, J. Y.; Krithivasan, P.; Mehl, K.; Marasa, M.; Khan, A.; Ozay, F.; Canetta, P. A.; Bomback, A. S.; Appel, G. B.; Sanna-Cherchi, S.; Sampson, M. G.; Mariani, L. H.; Perkowska-Ptasinska, A.; Durlik, M.; Mucha, K.; Moszczuk, B.; Foroncewicz, B.; Paczek, L.; Habura, I.; Ars, E.; Ballarin, J.; Mani, L. -Y.; Vogt, B.; Ozturk, S.; Yildiz, A.; Seyahi, N.; Arikan, H.; Koc, M.; Basturk, T.; Karahan, G.; Akgul, S. U.; Sever, M. S.; Zhang, D.; Santoro, D.; Bonomini, M.; Londrino, F.; Gesualdo, L.; Reiterova, J.; Tesar, V.; Izzi, C.; Savoldi, S.; Spotti, D.; Marcantoni, C.; Messa, P.; Galliani, M.; Roccatello, D.; Granata, S.; Zaza, G.; Lugani, F.; Ghiggeri, G. M.; Pisani, I.; Allegri, L.; Sprangers, B.; Park, J. -H.; Cho, B. L.; Kim, Y. S.; Kim, D. K.; Suzuki, H.; Amoroso, A.; Cattran, D. C.; Fervenza, F. C.; Pani, A.; Hamilton, P.; Harris, S.; Gupta, S.; Cheshire, C.; Dufek, S.; Issler, N.; Pepper, R. J.; Connolly, J.; Powis, S.; Bockenhauer, D.; Stanescu, H. C.; Ashman, N.; Loos, R. J. F.; Kenny, E. E.; Wuttke, M.; Eckardt, K. -U.; Kottgen, A.; Hofstra, J. M.; Coenen, M. J. H.; Kiemeney, L. A.; Akilesh, S.; Kretzler, M.; Beck, L. H.; Stengel, B.; Debiec, H.; Ronco, P.; Wetzels, J. F. M.; Zoledziewska, M.; Cucca, F.; Ionita-Laza, I.; Lee, H.; Hoxha, E.; Stahl, R. A. K.; Brenchley, P.; Scolari, F.; Zhao, M. -H.; Gharavi, A. G.; Kleta, R.; Chen, N.; Kiryluk, K.. - In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2041-1723. - 11:1(2020), p. 1600. [10.1038/s41467-020-15383-w]
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