Abstract:
BACKGROUND/AIM:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune cholestatic liver disease thought to develop through a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. It is characterised by T-cell-mediated non-suppurative destructive cholangitis. We have studied the polymorphic cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene, which encodes a molecule that is a vital negative regulator of T-cell activation, as a candidate susceptibility locus for PBC. This gene on chromosome 2q33 (designated IDDM12) is associated with susceptibility to both type 1 diabetes and autoimmune thyroid disease. METHODS:The CTLA-4 exon 1 polymorphism (A/G encoding for threonine or alanine, respectively) was genotyped via polymerase chain reaction in 200 Caucasoid PBC patients and 200 non-related geographically matched Caucasoid controls. RESULTS:There was significant overrepresentation of the G/A and G/G genotypes in PBC patients compared to controls (G/A 53% vs 40%; G/G 18.5% vs 10.5%, Odds Ratio (OR)=2.45 [95% CI 1.6-3.7], p=0.00006, chi2=19.4). Likewise, there was a significant difference in allele frequencies (G encoding alanine at codon 17, PBC 0.45 vs controls 0.305: OR=1.9 [1.4-2.5], p<0.0002). This association remained significant (p=0.00027) when patients with autoimmune thyroid disease were excluded from the analysis. CONCLUSIONS:The CTLA-4 exon 1 polymorphism is the first non-major histocompatibility complex gene to be identified as a susceptibility locus for PBC. Our data support the hypothesis that clinically distinct autoimmune disease may be controlled by a common set of susceptibility genes.
journal_name
J Hepatoljournal_title
Journal of hepatologyauthors
Agarwal K,Jones DE,Daly AK,James OF,Vaidya B,Pearce S,Bassendine MFdoi
10.1016/s0168-8278(00)80213-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-04-01 00:00:00pages
538-41issue
4eissn
0168-8278issn
1600-0641pii
S0168-8278(00)80213-5journal_volume
32pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
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