Research Article

Genetic Variant rs755622 Regulates Expression of the Multiple Sclerosis Severity Modifier D-Dopachrome Tautomerase in a Sex-Specific Way

Table 2

Polymorphism rs755622 C allele upregulates DDT expression in brain and blood for MS patients.

Transcript IDGeneSNPEffect alleleP valueEffect size (β)TissuesGEO dataset

ENST00000428792.1DDTrs755622C2.23E-3086.72E+03Brain optic chiasmGSE100297
ENST00000428792.1DDTrs755622C2.91E-153.60E+01BloodGSE66573
ENST00000444947.2DDTrs755622C1.62E-021.23E+05BloodGSE66573

The rs755622 position (hg19), 22_24236392_G_C_b37 (G > C); the threshold of significant association is 0.05; and means that this effect allele upregulates and downregulates gene expression, respectively.