Genetic Analysis of IL-17 Gene Polymorphisms in Gout in a Male Chinese Han Population.
In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 11 (2016-02-18), Heft 2, S. 1-10
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Interleukin (IL)-17 is a proinflammatory cytokine mainly secreted by activated T helper 17 cells and involved in inflammatory immune responses. This study aimed to investigate the association between IL-17 variants as well as serum IL-17 levels with gout in male Chinese Han individuals. A total of 1,101 male gout patients and 1,239 ethic-matched controls were enrolled. Genetic distributions of three variants (rs2275913 in IL-17A, rs763780 in IL-17F, and rs4819554 in IL-17RA) were detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction using the Taqman probe method. The plasma concentrations of IL-17A and IL-17F were measured in 228 gout patients and 198 controls that came from above samples by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. No significant differences were observed in the genetic distribution of these polymorphisms between cases and controls (rs2275913: χ2 = 0.15, p = 0.928 by genotype, χ2 = 0.14, p = 0.711 by allele; rs763780: χ2 = 2.24, p = 0.326 by genotype, χ2 = 0.26, p = 0.609 by allele; rs4819554: χ2 = 1.79, p = 0.409 by genotype, χ2 = 1.46, p = 0.227 by allele). Levels of serum IL-17A and IL-17F were significantly decreased in gout patients (both p<0.001). However, no difference was observed in acute gout patients between different genotypic carriers of rs2275913 and rs763780 regarding serum IL-17A and IL-17F levels (p>0.05). Although the genetic variants in IL-17 we studied in this research do not appear to be involved in the development of gout in male Chinese Han individuals, the IL-17 cytokine family may participate in gouty inflammation in an undefined way, which requires further validation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Genetic Analysis of IL-17 Gene Polymorphisms in Gout in a Male Chinese Han Population.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Zhou, Zheng ; Li, Xinde ; Li, Hua ; Guo, Mingzhen ; Liu, Shiguo ; Li, Changgui |
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Zeitschrift: | PLoS ONE, Jg. 11 (2016-02-18), Heft 2, S. 1-10 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0148082 |
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