No evidence for the rare CYP27B1 as susceptibility locus

Epub: Barizzone et al. No evidence for a role of rare CYP27B1 functional variations in multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2012 Dec 13. doi: 10.1002/ana.23834.

Background: Association studies have implicated common variants in the 12q14.1 region containing CYP27B1 in multiple sclerosis (MS). Rare CYP27B1 mutations cause autosomal recessive vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1, and it has recently been reported that heterozygous CYP27B1 mutations are associated with increased MS susceptibility and lower active vitamin D levels. 

Methods and results: By sequencing CYP27B1 in 134 multiplex families and genotyping the most common variant R389H in 2,608 MS patients and 1,987 controls from Italy and Belgium (a total of 4,729 individuals), we were unable to replicate these observations.

Conclusions: These results provide evidence against a major role for CYP27B1 mutations in MS



This study supports recent study from Cambridge, but  does not support the work by Ram and the Oxford Group. Maybe Ram will post a comment

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