TY - JOUR TI - Exploratory Study of MYD88 L265P, Rare NLRP3 Variants, and Clonal Hematopoiesis Prevalence in Patients With Schnitzler Syndrome N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. JF - Arthritis & Rheumatology Y1 - 2019/12// UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41030 N2 - OBJECTIVE: Assess the prevalence of the MYD88 L265P mutation and variants within NLRP3, also to evaluate the status of oligoclonal haematopoiesis in 30 patients with Schnitzler Syndrome (SchS). METHODS: 30 patients with SchS were recruited from 3 clinical centres. 6 patients with known acquired cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome (aCAPS) were included as controls. Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide PCR (ASO-PCR) for detection of the MYD88 L265P variant, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) of NLRP3 and 28 genes associated with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and Gene Scanning for X inactivation. RESULTS: Activating NLRP3 mutations were not present within 11 SchS patients, who have not been sequenced for this gene previously. The MYD88 L265P variant was present in 9/30 SchS patients and somatic mutations associated with Clonal Hematopoiesis (CH) were identified in 1/30 SchS and 1/6 aCAPS patients. Evidence of non-random X inactivation was detected in one female with SchS and one female aCAPS patient. CONCLUSION: A shared molecular mechanism accounting for the pathogenesis of inflammation in SchS remains elusive. CH is not associated with other somatic mutations found in SchS or aCAPS patients. SP - 2121 A1 - Pathak, S A1 - Rowczenio, DM A1 - Owen, RG A1 - Doody, GM A1 - Newton, DJ A1 - Taylor, C A1 - Taylor, J A1 - Cargo, C A1 - Hawkins, PN A1 - Krause, K A1 - Lachmann, HJ A1 - Savic, S IS - 12 EP - 2125 SN - 2326-5205 ID - discovery10078970 VL - 71 AV - public ER -