Shao-Fang Nie, Ling-Feng Zha, Qian Fan, Yu-Hua Liao, Hong-Song Zhang, Qian-Wen Chen, Fan Wang, Ting-Ting Tang, Ni Xia, Cheng-Qi Xu, Jiao-Yue Zhang, Yu-Zhi Lu, Zhi-Peng Zeng, Jiao Jiao, Yuan-Yuan Li, Tian Xie, Wen-Juan Zhang, Dan Wang, Chu-Chu Wang, Jing-Jing Fa, Hong-Bo Xiong, Jian Ye, Qing Yang, Peng-Yun Wang, Sheng-Hua Tian, Qiu-Lun Lv, Qing-Xian Li, Jin Qian, Bin Li, Gang Wu, Yan-Xia Wu, Yan Yang, Xiang-Ping Yang, Yu Hu, Qing K Wang, Xiang Cheng, Xin Tu
The thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP)/TSLP receptor (TSLPR) axis is involved in multiple inflammatory immune diseases, including coronary artery disease (CAD). To explore the causal relationship between this axis and CAD, we performed a three-stage case-control association analysis with 3,628 CAD cases and 3,776 controls using common variants in the genes TSLP, interleukin 7 receptor ( IL7R ), and TSLPR . Three common variants in the TSLP/TSLPR axis were significantly associated with CAD in a Chinese Han population [rs3806933T in TSLP, P adj = 4...
2018: Frontiers in Immunology