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. 2021 Jun 14;23:168. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02545-4

Table 3.

Best evidence synthesis of genetic markers

Category Marker Good/fair quality studies Poor quality studies Evidence
HLA Haplotype B*08:01-C*07 1x positive association [97] Limited evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*08-C*07-MICA*00801 1x positive association [98] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*18-C*07 1x positive association [99] Limited evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*27-C*01 2x positive association [97, 99] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*27-C*02 3x positive association [97, 99, 100] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*27-C*02-MICA*00701/026 1x positive association [98] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*35-C*04-MICA*0201/020 1x negative association [98] Moderate evidence of negative association
Haplotype B*37-C*06 1x negative association [97] Limited evidence of negative association
Haplotype B*38-C*12 3x positive association [97, 99, 100] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*39:01-C*12 2x positive association [97, 100] Moderate evidence of positive association
Haplotype B*57-C*06 2x negative association [97, 99] Moderate evidence of negative association
Haplotype B*57-C*06-MICA*017 1x negative association [99] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-A*03 1x mixed results [101] Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*08

2x positive association [97, 99]

3x no association [100, 102, 103]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*13

1x mixed results [101]

2x no association [102, 104]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*18

1x positive association [97]

1x no association [100]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*27

6x positive association [97, 99, 100, 103105]

1x no association [102]

Moderate evidence of positive association
HLA-B*37

1x negative association [97]

1x no association [102]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*38

3x positive association [97, 99, 100]

1x no association [104]

1x mixed results [101]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*39

1x positive association [100]

1x mixed results [97]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B*40 1x negative association [97] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-B*44 1x negative association [97] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-B*57

1x negative association [99]

3x no association [100, 102, 104]

Moderate evidence of no association
HLA-B*70 1x mixed results [101] Conflicting evidence
HLA-B amino acid position 45 Glu

1x positive association [106]

2x no association [102, 103]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-B amino acid position 95 Leu 1x positive association [102] Limited evidence of positive association
HLA-B amino acid position 97 Arg

1x mixed results [103]

1x no association [102]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-C*01

1x positive association [99]

3x no association [97, 100, 102]

Moderate evidence of no association
HLA-C*02

2x positive association [97, 99]

2x no association [100, 102]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-C*06 1x negative association [107]

7x negative association [97, 99, 102105, 108]

2x no association [100, 109]

1x mixed results [101]

Moderate evidence of negative association
HLA-C*07

1x positive association [99]

2x no association [100, 102]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-C*08 1x negative association [105] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-C*12

1x positive association [100]

2x no association [99]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-C amino acid position 305 Ala 1x positive association [102] Limited evidence of positive association
HLA-C rs10484554 1x positive association [110] Limited evidence of positive association
HLA-C rs12191877 1x negative association [111] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-DQB1*02

1x mixed results [101]

1x no association [102]

Conflicting evidence
HLA-DRB1*03 2x no association [101, 102] Moderate evidence of no association
HLA-DR*04 1x positive association [101] Limited evidence of positive association
HLA-DR*07 1x negative association [105] Limited evidence of negative association
HLA-DR*11 1x mixed results [101] Conflicting evidence
Non-HLA ADAMTS9-MAG1 deletion 1x positive association [112] Limited evidence of positive association
CCR2 rs1799864 1x positive association [113] Limited evidence of positive association
IL1RN rs397211 2x no association [111, 114] Moderate evidence of no association
IL12B rs2082412 2x negative association [111, 114] Moderate evidence of negative association
IL12B rs3212227 1x no association [115] 1x no association [109] Moderate evidence of no association
IL12B rs6887695 1x no association [115] 1x no association [109] Moderate evidence of no association
IL13 rs1800925 1x positive association [116] 1x positive association [117] Moderate evidence of positive association
IL13 rs20541

2x positive association [114, 117]

1x not associated [111]

Conflicting evidence
IL13 rs848 1x positive association [116] Moderate evidence of positive association
IL17E rs79877597 1x positive association [118] Limited evidence of positive association
IL23A rs2066807 2x not associated [111, 114] Moderate evidence of no association
IL23R rs11209026 1x no association [115] 1x no association [109] Moderate evidence of no association
IL23R rs2201841

1x negative association [111]

1x not associated [114]

Conflicting evidence
KIR2DS1 pos/C2 neg 1x positive association [119] Limited evidence of positive association
LOC100505817 rs4891505 1x positive association [120] Limited evidence of positive association
MICA*00701/026 1x positive association [98] Moderate evidence of positive association
MICA*00801 1x positive association [98] Moderate evidence of positive association
MICA*016 1x negative association [98] Moderate evidence of negative association
NFKBIA rs7152376 1x positive association [107] Moderate evidence of positive association
PTPN22 rs2476601 1x positive association [121] Limited evidence of positive association
TNFa-238 2x not associated [109, 122] Moderate evidence of no association
TNFa-308 2x not associated [109, 122] Moderate evidence of no association
TNFa-857 1x positive association [109] Limited evidence of positive association
TNFacd haplotype a6c1d3 1x positive association [123] Limited evidence of positive association
TNFAIP3 rs610604 2x not associated [111, 114] Moderate evidence of no association
TNIP rs17728338 2x not associated [111, 114] Moderate evidence of no association
TRAF3IP2 rs240993 1x not associated [114] Limited evidence of no association
TRAF3IP2 rs458017 1x not associated [110] Limited evidence of no association
TSC1 rs1076160 2x not associated [111, 114] Moderate evidence of no association
ZNF816A 1x negative association [114] Limited evidence of negative association

A positive association is defined as a higher risk of PsA when the marker is present/increased/higher. A negative association is defined as a lower risk of PsA when the marker is present/increased/higher.

ADAMTS a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs, Arg arginine, CCR C-C motif receptor, Glu glutamic acid, HLA human leukocyte antigen, IL interleukin, IL1RN IL-1 receptor antagonist, IL23R IL-23 receptor, KIR killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, MAGI membrane-associated guanylate kinase, MICA MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A, PTPN22 protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22, TNF tumor necrosis factor, TNFAIP TNF alpha-induced protein, TNIP TNFAIP3-interacting protein, TRAF TNF receptor-associated factor, TRAF3IP TRAF3-interacting protein, TSC1 tuberous sclerosis 1, ZNF zinc finger protein