Single nucleotide polymorphisms in thymic stromal lymphopoietin gene are not associated with allergic rhinitis susceptibility in Chinese subjects

BMC Medical Genetics

Research Article

Yanming Zhao¹  Yuan Zhang²  Xiaohong Song²  Luo Zhang³  Claus Bachert⁴ 

[1] Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100730, Beijing, P.R. China;Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100730, Beijing, P.R. China;Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Ministry of Education of China), Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, 100005, Beijing, P.R. China;Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100730, Beijing, P.R. China;Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Ministry of Education of China), Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, 100005, Beijing, P.R. China;Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, No. 17, HouGouHuTong, DongCheng District, 100005, Beijing, China;Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;

关键词: Allergic rhinitis;    Chinese subjects;    Genotyping;    Thymic stromal lymphopoietin;    Single nucleotide polymorphism;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2350-13-79

 received in 2012-05-31, accepted in 2012-09-11,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an epithelial cell-derived cytokine, implicated in the development and progression of allergic diseases. Recent studies have demonstrated significantly increased expression and synthesis of TSLPin nasal mucosa of patients with allergic rhinitis (AR), compared with nonallergic control subjects. Also, there is significant correlation between the level of TSLP mRNA and symptom severity in AR patients. In this study, we investigated whether polymorphisms in the TSLP gene were associated with increased risk of AR in the Chinese population.MethodsIn a candidate gene association study, we tested 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TSLP gene in 368 AR and 325 control adult Han Chinese subjects from Beijing. The 11 SNPs were selected from the Chinese HapMap genotyping dataset to ensure complete genetic coverage. AR was established by questionnaire and clinical examination, and blood was drawn from all subjects for DNA extraction. The PLINK software package was used to perform statistical testing.ResultsIn the single-locus analysis of AR risk, no significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies were found between AR and control subjects. Further logistic regression analyses adjusted for age and gender also failed to reveal significant associations between AR and the selected SNPs. Similarly, analysis stratified by gender, and haplotype or diplotype did not reveal any association with AR risk.ConclusionAlthough TSLP presents itself as a good candidate for contributing to allergy, this study failed to find an association between specific SNPs in the TSLP gene and AR susceptibility in the Han Chinese population.

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