Discovery of genetic factors associated with thiopurine-induced severe adverse events

Despite NUDT15 variants showing significant association with thiopurine-induced adverse events (AEs) in Asians, it remains unclear whether additional genetic variants should be tested to predict AEs. To clarify it, we performed a genome-wide association study to discover additional variants associated with thiopurine-induced severe AEs, alopecia and leukopenia. GWASs of these AEs were performed with 1221 Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease using population-optimized genotyping array and imputation.

• Type: GWAS
• Archiver: Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA)