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Zagazig University Medical Journal
Zagazig University, Faculty of Medicin
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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease
caused by the interplay of hereditary and environmental factors. Extreme
polymorphism is assumed for the Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 1
Gene Polymorphism (ERAP1) gene. ERAP1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) profoundly modify its immunological, clinical, and biochemical features.
The study aims to ascertain how ERAP1 Gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) affect RA susceptibility, disease activity, and severity.
Methods: The study enrolled 98 subjects, 49 RA patients, and 49 healthy
volunteers. Real-time PCR was used to genotype all subjects for the ERAP1
SNPs (rs27037, rs27044, and rs30187).
Results: With reference to rs27037, the T allele, the TT, and GT genotypes were
linked to an increased risk of RA (P < 0.001, P 0.006, and P 0.002, respectively).
In relation to rs30187, RA risk was higher in those with TT, CT, and T alleles
than in the healthy controls. The risk genotypes TT and GT of rs27037 (P 0.02
and P 0.03, respectively) were linked to anticitrullinated antibody seropositivity.
On the other hand, the risk genotypes TT and CT of rs30187 were associated
with rheumatoid factor seropositivity (P<0.001 for both).
Conclusions: Our study showed that rs27037 and rs30187, two ERAP1 SNPs,
increase the incidence of seropositive RA.
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