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The IL22RA2 locus is associated with risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) but causative variants are yet to be determined. In a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) screen of this locus in a Basque population, rs28385692, a rare coding variant substituting Leu for Pro at position 16 emerged significantly (p = 0.02). This variant is located in the signal peptide (SP) shared by the three secreted protein isoforms produced by IL22RA2 (IL-22 binding protein-1(IL-22BPi1), IL-22BPi2 and IL-22BPi3). Genotyping was extended to a Europe-wide case-control dataset and yielded high significance in the full dataset (p = 3.17 × 10\(^{-4}\)). Importantly, logistic regression analyses conditioning on the main known MS-associated SNP at this locus, rs17066096, revealed that this association was independent from the primary association signal in the full case-control dataset. In silico analysis predicted both disruption of the alpha helix of the H-region of the SP and decreased hydrophobicity of this region, ultimately affecting the SP cleavage site. We tested the effect of the p.Leu16Pro variant on the secretion of IL-22BPi1, IL-22BPi2 and IL-22BPi3 and observed that the Pro16 risk allele significantly lowers secretion levels of each of the isoforms to around 50%–60% in comparison to the Leu16 reference allele. Thus, our study suggests that genetically coded decreased levels of IL-22BP isoforms are associated with augmented risk for MS.
In den Jahren von 2006 bis 2016 sind am Universitätsklinikum Würzburg insgesamt 26 Patienten mit der Diagnose einer Autoimmunen Enzephalitis behandelt worden. Diese Arbeit zeigt ihre Krankheitsverläufe, Outcome, die gefundenen Antikörper und die Therapien der jeweiligen Patienten. Im zweiten Schritt wurden die Daten mit den in der Literatur bereits beschrieben Fällen verglichen, um Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch Unterschiede aufzeigen zu können.