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TNF-alpha, IL-4R-alpha and IL-4 polymorphisms in mild to severe asthma from Italian Caucasians.

Abstract：

:Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease associated with airway hyperresponsiveness which affects subjects with genetic predisposition. An association has been reported between some polymorphisms in various cytokine genes and asthma. Most of them are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These polymorphisms are detected in the protein coding sequence or in the promoter region thus influencing cytokine production. We investigated the involvement of SNP mapping in 5 cytokine genes in mild to severe asthmatics of Italian Caucasians. The frequency of alleles and genotypes, relatively to 10 allelic specificities of the cytokine genes, was defined in 57 asthmatics and in 124 control subjects by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Sequence Specific Primer method. TNF-alpha -308A and TNF-alpha -238A allele frequencies were higher in asthmatics than in controls (p less than 0.001). Significant differences in the frequency of IL-4 -590T allele and of IL-4Ralpha +1902A allele were also detected in asthmatics in comparison with controls (pless than 0.001 and p=0.005, respectively). Similarly, IL-1alpha -889C allele was present in 84.1 percent of asthmatics and in 70.2 percent of controls (p=0.013). Furthermore, the IL-4Ralpha +1902A/A and IL-1alpha -889C/C homozygous conditions and the TNF-alpha -308G/A, TNF-alpha -238G/A, IL-4 -590T/C and IL-10 -1082G/A heterozygous conditions were significantly associated with asthma (p less than 0.05). ACA haplotype of IL-10 was observed only in asthmatic patients. This study reports, for the first time, the frequency of 10 different single nucleotide polymorphisms in 5 cytokine genes in the Italian Caucasians. Furthermore, we also indicate that in our population some single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with mild to severe bronchial asthma.

journal_name

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol

journal_title

International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors

Ricciardolo FL,Sorbello V,Silvestri M,Giacomelli M,Debenedetti VM,Malerba M,Ciprandi G,Rossi GA,Rossi A,Bontempelli M

doi

10.1177/039463201302600107

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

75-84

issue

eissn

0394-6320

issn

2058-7384

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TNF-alpha, IL-4R-alpha and IL-4 polymorphisms in mild to severe asthma from Italian Caucasians.