TY - JOUR TI - MUC5B promoter variant rs35705950 and rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease survival and progression AU - Juge, Pierre-Antoine AU - Solomon, Joshua J. AU - van Moorsel, Coline H. AU - M. AU - Garofoli, Romain AU - Lee, Joyce S. AU - Louis-Sydney, Fabienne and AU - Rojas-Serrano, Jorge AU - Gonzalez-Perez, I, Montserrat AU - Mejia, Mayra AU - and Buendia-Roldan, Ivette AU - Falfan-Valencia, Ramces and AU - Ambrocio-Ortiz, Enrique AU - Manali, Effrosyni AU - Papiris, Spyros A. and AU - Karageorgas, Theofanis AU - Boumpas, Dimitrios AU - Antoniou, Katarina M. AU - and Sidiropoulos, Prodromos AU - Trachalaki, Athina AU - Van der Vis, AU - Joanne J. AU - Jamnitski, Anna AU - Grutters, Jan C. AU - Kannengiesser, AU - Caroline AU - Borie, Raphael AU - Kawano-Dourado, Leticia and AU - Wemeau-Stervinou, Lidwine AU - Flipo, Rene-Marc AU - Nunes, Hilario and AU - Uzunhan, Yurdagul AU - Valeyre, Dominique AU - Saidenberg-Kermanac'h, AU - Nathalie AU - Boissier, Marie-Christophe AU - Richez, Christophe and AU - Schaeverbeke, Thierry AU - Doyle, Tracy AU - Wolters, Paul J. AU - Debray, AU - Marie-Pierre AU - Boileau, Catherine AU - Porcher, Raphael AU - Schwartz, AU - David A. AU - Crestani, Bruno AU - Dieude, Philippe JO - Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism PY - 2021 VL - 51 TODO - 5 SP - 996-1004 PB - W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC SN - 0049-0172 TODO - 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.002 TODO - Rheumatoid Arthritis; Interstitial Lung Disease; MUC5B; Genetics TODO - Background: The major risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), MUC5B rs35705950, was found to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). Whilst the MUC5B rs35705950 T risk allele has been associated with better survival in IPF, its impact on RA-ILD prognosis remains to be determined. Our objective was to explore the influence of MUC5B rs35705950 on survival and progression in RA-ILD. Methods: Through an international retrospective observational study, patients with RA-ILD were genotyped for the MUC5B rs35705950 variant and consecutive pulmonary function tests (PFTs) findings were collected. Longitudinal data up to a 10-year follow-up were considered and analyzed using mixed regression models. Proportional hazards and joint proportional hazards models were used to analyze the association of baseline and longitudinal variables with lung transplant-free survival. Significant progression of RA-ILD was defined as at least an absolute or relative 10% decline of forced vital capacity at 2 years from baseline. Results: Out of 321 registered patients, 261 were included in the study: 139 women (53.3%), median age at RA-ILD diagnosis 65 years (interquartile range [IQR] 57 to 71), 151 ever smokers (59.2%). Median follow-up was 3.5 years (IQR 1.3 to 6.6). Mortality rate was 32% (95%CI 19 to 42) at 10 years. The MUC5B rs35705950 variant did not impact lung transplant-free survival (HR for the T risk allele carriers=1.26; 95%CI 0.61 to 2.62; P=0.53). Decline in pulmonary function at 2 years was not influenced by MUC5B rs35705950 (OR=0.95; 95%CI 0.44 to 2.05; P=0.89), irrespective of the HRCT pattern. Conclusion: In this study, the MUC5B rs35705950 promoter variant did not influence transplant-free survival or decline in pulmonary function in patients with RA-ILD. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. ER -