rs11937061 - CCNG2

Magnitude 4.5 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

• Genome-wide association analysis implicates the involvement of eight loci with response to tocilizumab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. - The pharmacogenomics journal (2013) · Wang J, Bansal AT, Martin M, Germer S, Benayed R, Essioux L, Lee JS, Begovich A, Hemmings A, Kenwright A, Taylor KE, Upmanyu R, Cutler P, Harari O, Marchini J, Criswell LA, Platt A · PubMed 22491018

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease affecting the joints. A heterogeneous response to available therapies demonstrates the need to identify those patients likely to benefit from a particular therapy. Our objective was to identify genetic factors associated with response to tocilizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin (IL)-6 receptor, recently approved for treating RA. We report the first genome-wide association study on the response to tocilizumab in 1683 subjects with RA from six clinical studies. Putative associations were identified with eight loci, previously unrecognized as linked to the IL-6 pathway or associated with RA risk. This study suggests that it is unlikely that a major genetic determinant of response exists, and it

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