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This study aimed to investigate the association between these SNPs and susceptibility to SSc in a Chinese Han population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>A case-control study was performed in 343 patients with SSc and 694 ethnically matched healthy controls. SNPs in GTF2I, NFKB1, and TYK2 were genotyped using a Sequenom MassArray iPLEX system. Association analyses were performed using PLINK v1.90 software.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study demonstrated that the <jats:italic>GTF2I<\/jats:italic> rs117026326 T allele and the <jats:italic>GTF2I<\/jats:italic> rs73366469 C allele were strongly associated with patients with SSc (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 6.97E-10 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 1.33E-08, respectively). Patients carrying the <jats:italic>GTF2I<\/jats:italic> rs117026326 TT genotype and the <jats:italic>GTF2I<\/jats:italic> rs73366469 CC genotype had a strongly increased risk of SSc (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 6.25E-09 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 1.67E-08, respectively), and those carrying the <jats:italic>NFKB1<\/jats:italic> rs1599961 AA genotype had a suggestively significantly increased risk of SSc (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.014). Moreover, rs117026326 and rs73366469 were associated with SSc in different genetic models (additive model, dominant model, and recessive model) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05) whereas rs1599961 was associated with SSc in the dominant genetic model but not in the addictive and recessive models (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0026). <jats:italic>TYK2<\/jats:italic> rs2304256 was not significantly associated with SSc in this study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>GTF2I<\/jats:italic> rs117026326 and rs73366469 SNPs were strongly associated with SSc in this Chinese Han population. <jats:italic>NFKB1<\/jats:italic> rs1599961 showed a suggestive association with SSc, and no significant association was found between <jats:italic>TYK2<\/jats:italic> rs2304256 and SSc in this Chinese Han population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2021.640083","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,23]],"date-time":"2021-06-23T07:22:31Z","timestamp":1624432951000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Association of GTF2I, NFKB1, and TYK2 Regional Polymorphisms With Systemic Sclerosis in a Chinese Han Population"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Chenxi","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Songxin","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haizhen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ziyan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liubing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Linlin","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haolong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yongzhe","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s0140-6736(17)30933-9","article-title":"Systemic Sclerosis","volume":"390","author":"Denton","year":"2017","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1989","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra0806188","article-title":"Scleroderma","volume":"360","author":"Gabrielli","year":"2009","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4955","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-019-12760-y","article-title":"GWAS for Systemic Sclerosis Identifies Multiple Risk Loci and Highlights Fibrotic and Vasculopathy Pathways","volume":"10","author":"Lopez-Isac","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nat Commun"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/annrheumdis-2015-208154","article-title":"Influence of TYK2 in Systemic Sclerosis Susceptibility: A New Locus in the IL-12 Pathway","volume":"75","author":"Lopez-Isac","year":"2016","journal-title":"Ann Rheum Dis"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ng.565","article-title":"Genome-Wide Association Study of Systemic Sclerosis Identifies CD247 as a New Susceptibility Locus","volume":"42","author":"Radstake","year":"2010","journal-title":"Nat Genet"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ng.3496","article-title":"High-Density Genotyping of Immune-Related Loci Identifies New SLE Risk Variants in Individuals With Asian Ancestry","volume":"48","author":"Sun","year":"2016","journal-title":"Nat Genet"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/srep27563","article-title":"Association-Heterogeneity Mapping Identifies an Asian-Specific Association of the GTF2I Locus With Rheumatoid Arthritis","volume":"6","author":"Kim","year":"2016","journal-title":"Sci Rep"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"212","DOI":"10.1186\/ar2457","article-title":"The Roles of the Classical and Alternative Nuclear Factor-Kappab Pathways: Potential Implications for Autoimmunity and Rheumatoid Arthritis","volume":"10","author":"Brown","year":"2008","journal-title":"Arthritis Res Ther"},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/art.1780381209","article-title":"Nuclear Factor-Kappa B in Rheumatoid Synovium. 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