Shared Genetic Risk Factors Across Carbamazepine‐Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions
Carbamazepine ( CBZ ) causes life‐threating T‐cell‐mediated hypersensitivity reactions, including serious cutaneous adverse reactions ( SCAR s) and drug‐induced liver injury ( CBZ ‐ DILI ). In order to evaluate shared or phenotype‐specific genetic predisposing factors for CBZ hypersensitivity reactions, we performed a meta‐analysis of two genomewide association studies ( GWAS ) on a total of 43 well‐phenotyped Northern and Southern European CBZ ‐ SCAR cases and 10,701 population controls and a GWAS on 12 CBZ ‐ DILI cases and 8,438 ethnically matched population controls. HLA ‐A*31:01 was identified as the strongest genetic predisposing factor for both CBZ ‐ SCAR (odds ratio ( OR ) = 8.0; 95% CI 4.10–15.80; P = 1.2 × 10 −9 ) and CBZ ‐ DILI ( OR = 7.3; 95% CI 2.47–23.67; P = 0.0004) in European populations. The association with HLA ‐A*31:01 in patients with SCAR was mainly driven by hypersensitivity syndrome ( OR = 12.9; P = 2.1 × 10 −9 ) rather than by Stevens‐Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis cases, which showed an association with HLA ‐B*57:01 . We also identified a novel risk locus mapping to ALK only for CBZ ‐ SCAR cases, which needs replication in additional cohorts and functional evaluation.
