Genome-wide association study identifies several loci for HEV seropositivity

Maria K. Smatti; Yasser A. Al-Sarraj; Omar Albagha; Hadi M. Yassine

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107586

Genome-wide association study identifies several loci for HEV seropositivity

Maria K. Smatti, Yasser A. Al-Sarraj, Omar Albagha^*, Hadi M. Yassine^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Genomics and Translational Biomedicine

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Hepatitis E viral (HEV) infection imposes a heavy global health burden. The variability in the prevalence of serological markers of HEV infection between different ethnic groups proposes a host genetic influence. Here, we report genetic polymorphisms associated with anti-HEV antibody positivity and level using binary- and quantitative-trait genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on a population from Qatar (n = 5829). We identified a region in 12p11.1 (lead SNP: rs559856097, allele: A, p = 2.3 × 10⁻¹⁰) significantly associated with anti-HEV antibodies level. This intergenic variant is located near SNORD112, a small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA). Additional gene-set and pathway enrichment analyses highlighted a strong correlation with anti-viral response-related pathways, including IFNs (alpha/beta) and interleukin-21 (IL-21) signaling. This is the first GWAS on the response to HEV infection. Further replication and functional experimentation are warranted to validate these findings.

Original language	English
Article number	107586
Journal	iScience
Volume	26
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107586
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2023

Keywords

Association analysis
Immune response
Quantitative genetics
Virology

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