TY - JOUR TI - MUC5B promoter variant and rheumatoid arthritis with interstitial lung disease AU - Juge, P.-A. AU - Lee, J.S. AU - Ebstein, E. AU - Furukawa, H. AU - Dobrinskikh, E. AU - Gazal, S. AU - Kannengiesser, C. AU - Ottaviani, S. AU - Oka, S. AU - Tohma, S. AU - Tsuchiya, N. AU - Rojas-Serrano, J. AU - González-Pérez, M.I. AU - Mejía, M. AU - Buendía-Roldán, I. AU - Falfán-Valencia, R. AU - Ambrocio-Ortiz, E. AU - Manali, E. AU - Papiris, S.A. AU - Karageorgas, T. AU - Boumpas, D. AU - Antoniou, K. AU - Van Moorsel, C.H.M. AU - Van Der Vis, J. AU - De Man, Y.A. AU - Grutters, J.C. AU - Wang, Y. AU - Borie, R. AU - Wemeau-Stervinou, L. AU - Wallaert, B. AU - Flipo, R.-M. AU - Nunes, H. AU - Valeyre, D. AU - Saidenberg-Kermanac'H, N. AU - Boissier, M.-C. AU - Marchand-Adam, S. AU - Frazier, A. AU - Richette, P. AU - Allanore, Y. AU - Sibilia, J. AU - Dromer, C. AU - Richez, C. AU - Schaeverbeke, T. AU - Lioté, H. AU - Thabut, G. AU - Nathan, N. AU - Amselem, S. AU - Soubrier, M. AU - Cottin, V. AU - Clément, A. AU - Deane, K. AU - Walts, A.D. AU - Fingerlin, T. AU - Fischer, A. AU - Ryu, J.H. AU - Matteson, E.L. AU - Niewold, T.B. AU - Assayag, D. AU - Gross, A. AU - Wolters, P. AU - Schwarz, M.I. AU - Holers, M. AU - Solomon, J.J. AU - Doyle, T. AU - Rosas, I.O. AU - Blauwendraat, C. AU - Nalls, M.A. AU - Debray, M.-P. AU - Boileau, C. AU - Crestani, B. AU - Schwartz, D.A. AU - Dieudé, P. JO - The New England journal of medicine PY - 2018 VL - 379 TODO - 23 SP - 2209-2219 PB - Massachussetts Medical Society SN - null TODO - 10.1056/NEJMoa1801562 TODO - mucin 5B; mucin 5B, adult; aged; Article; case study; computer assisted tomography; controlled study; disease course; female; gain of function mutation; gene expression; gene frequency; genetic association; genetic variability; genotype; human; human tissue; interstitial lung disease; interstitial pneumonia; lung parenchyma; major clinical study; male; middle aged; MUC5B gene; patient risk; priority journal; promoter region; rheumatoid arthritis; risk factor; single nucleotide polymorphism; validation study; chemistry; complication; fibrosing alveolitis; gain of function mutation; genetic predisposition; genetics; interstitial lung disease; lung; odds ratio; pathology; promoter region; rheumatoid arthritis, Aged; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Female; Gain of Function Mutation; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; Humans; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Lung; Lung Diseases, Interstitial; Male; Middle Aged; Mucin-5B; Odds Ratio; Promoter Regions, Genetic TODO - BACKGROUND: Given the phenotypic similarities between rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) (hereafter, RA-ILD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, we hypothesized that the strongest risk factor for the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the gain-of-function MUC5B promoter variant rs35705950, would also contribute to the risk of ILD among patients with RA. METHODS: Using a discovery population and multiple validation populations, we tested the association of the MUC5B promoter variant rs35705950 in 620 patients with RA-ILD, 614 patients with RA without ILD, and 5448 unaffected controls. RESULTS: Analysis of the discovery population revealed an association of the minor allele of the MUC5B promoter variant with RA-ILD when patients with RA-ILD were compared with unaffected controls (adjusted odds ratio, 3.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.8 to 5.2; P = 9.7×10-17). The MUC5B promoter variant was also significantly overrepresented among patients with RA-ILD, as compared with unaffected controls, in an analysis of the multiethnic case series (adjusted odds ratio, 5.5; 95% CI, 4.2 to 7.3; P = 4.7×10-35) and in a combined analysis of the discovery population and the multiethnic case series (adjusted odds ratio, 4.7; 95% CI, 3.9 to 5.8; P = 1.3×10-49). In addition, the MUC5B promoter variant was associated with an increased risk of ILD among patients with RA (adjusted odds ratio in combined analysis, 3.1; 95% CI, 1.8 to 5.4; P = 7.4×10-5), particularly among those with evidence of usual interstitial pneumonia on high-resolution computed tomography (adjusted odds ratio in combined analysis, 6.1; 95% CI, 2.9 to 13.1; P = 2.5×10-6). However, no significant association with the MUC5B promoter variant was observed for the diagnosis of RA alone. CONCLUSIONS: We found that the MUC5B promoter variant was associated with RA-ILD and more specifically associated with evidence of usual interstitial pneumonia on imaging. Copyright © 2018 Massachusetts Medical Society. ER -