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- Title
Lack of association between polymorphisms in interleukin (IL)-12, IL-12R, IL-23, IL-23R genes and Takayasu arteritis in a Chinese population.
- Authors
Yang, Kun-Qi; Yang, Yan-Kun; Meng, Xu; Zhang, Ying; Jiang, Xiong-Jing; Wu, Hai-Ying; Zhang, Hui-Min; Song, Lei; Bian, Jin; Wen, Dan; Wang, Lin-Ping; Zhou, Xian-Liang
- Abstract
Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between polymorphisms in interleukin (IL)-12, IL-12R, IL-23, and IL-23R genes and Takayasu arteritis (TA) in a Chinese population. Methods: A case-control study was performed to investigate the associations of 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapping to IL12A, IL12B, IL12RB1, IL12RB2 and IL23R with susceptibility to TA in 145 Chinese TA patients and 300 healthy controls. Genotype identification was performed with the MassARRAY system from Sequenom. The statistical analysis was conducted by Chi square test and unconditional logistic regression with plink. Results: No significant differences were found for the distribution of allele and genotype frequencies of these SNPs between TA patients and healthy controls. However, a trend for IL12A rs582054 and IL23R rs1004819 in association with the TA phenotype was detected. TA patients carrying the rs582054/rs568408 haplotype ( P′ = 0.019) appeared less likely to progress to a more severe form of disease. And the C allele ( P′ = 0.082) of IL23R rs1004819 appeared to be a protective factor to refractory disease. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the polymorphisms of IL12A, IL12B, IL12RB1, IL12RB2 and IL23R might make no contribution to the susceptibility of TA in the Chinese population.
- Subjects
GENETIC polymorphism research; INTERLEUKINS; TAKAYASU arteritis; CHINESE people; HAPLOTYPES
- Publication
Inflammation Research, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 7, p543
- ISSN
1023-3830
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00011-016-0938-x