Table 1 Risk genes for latitude-dependent autoimmune diseases are highly overrepresented in the vitamin D receptor cistrome

From: Cistromic and genetic evidence that the vitamin D receptor mediates susceptibility to latitude-dependent autoimmune diseases

Study (GWAS catalog no.)

Total risk SNPs

DC1 peaks overlap

DC1 P-value

DC2 peaks overlap

DC2 P-value

CD14 peaks overlap

CD14 P-value

Latitude effect?

Vit D deficiency?

Inflammatory bowel disease (23128233)

110

29

4.8E−18

 

NS

 

NS

Khalili et al.7

Del Pinto et al.12

Ulcerative colitis (21297633)

47

13

3.7E−09

 

NS

2

2.11E−02

Khalili et al.7

Del Pinto et al.12

Multiple sclerosis (21833088)

81

16

1.2E−08

3

3.30E−03

3

6.88E−03

Simpson et al.10

Nieves et al.13

Crohn's disease (21102463)

69

14

6.9E−08

 

NS

5

2.07E−05

Khalili et al.7

Jørgensen et al.14

HDL cholesterol (20686565)

47

10

3.2E−06

2

1.28E−02

 

NS

Grimes et al.53

NA

Mean platelet volume (22139419)

29

8

3.9E−06

4

3.82E−06

2

8.37E−03

Icli et al.54

Cumhur Cure et al.55

Celiac disease (20190752)

40

9

6.2E−06

4

1.42E−05

3

9.20E−04

NA

Tavakkoli et al.15

Fibrinogen (23969696)

23

7

7.8E−06

 

NS

 

NS

Grimes et al.53

NA

HDL cholesterol (24097068)

71

11

2.6E−05

2

2.77E−02

 

NS

Grimes et al.53

NA

Rheumatoid arthritis (20453842)

28

7

3.2E−05

 

NS

 

NS

Vieira et al.8

Hong et al.16

ADHD (23527680)

21

6

5.3E−05

 

NS

 

NS

Arns et al.56

Humble et al.57

Multiple sclerosis (19525955)

8

4

8.3E−05

1

2.87E−02

 

NS

Simpson et al.10

Nieves et al.13

Crohn's disease (23850713)

8

4

8.3E−05

1

2.87E−02

 

NS

Khalili et al.7

Jørgensen et al.14

Multiple sclerosis (19525953)

15

5

1.0E−04

 

NS

 

NS

Simpson et al.10

Nieves et al.13

Systemic lupus erythematosus (23273568)

34

7

1.2E−04

 

NS

 

NS

Walsh and Gilchrist9

Mok17

  1. Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; GWAS, genome-wide association study; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; NA, no supporting evidence; NS, no statistically significant enrichment at P=0.05; Peaks Overlap; number of VDR-binding peaks identified where a GWAS risk SNP is located within 5000 bp.