Allele frequencies of polymorphisms of TNFA, IL-6, IL-10 and IFNG in an Italian Caucasian population.
Eur J Immunogenet
; 29(3): 237-40, 2002 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Polymorphisms in the regulatory and intronic regions of several cytokines have been associated with differential cytokine production. In this paper we genotyped, using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) method, a series of 363 healthy Italian Caucasians with the aim of obtaining a reference population for further studies on the role of cytokines in the inflammatory and immune responses. We also compared the results to those for other populations. The polymorphisms analysed were those of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFA), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 10 (IL-10) and interferon gamma (IFNG). We found that the frequency of allele TNFA*1 at position -380 was 87.7% and that of TNFA*2 was 12.4%, significantly different from those of the UK and Japanese populations but not different from that of a population in Gambia. For IL-10 the frequencies of alleles -1082A and -1082G were 63.0% and 37.0% and those of alleles -819C, - 819T, -592C and -592A were 70.8, 29.2, 70.8 and 29.2%, respectively, significantly different from those observed in south-east England, in Manchester and in an Oriental population from southern China. The frequencies of IL-6 alleles - 174C and -174G were 29.0 and 71.0%, respectively; for IFNG polymorphisms at position -874, in the population under evaluation, the alleles -874T and -874A were present in 44.7 and 55.3% of the subjects, respectively. Genotype frequencies of IL-6 were significantly different from those observed in populations from Germany and from the UK. The analysis carried out by our group indicates that there is heterogeneity in the frequencies of the cytokine polymorphisms among the different Caucasian populations, and this underlines the importance of a 'local' reference population when evaluating the clinical relevance of cytokine gene polymorphisms.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Polimorfismo Genético
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Interleucina-6
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Interferón gamma
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Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa
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Interleucina-10
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Población Blanca
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Immunogenet
Asunto de la revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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GENETICA
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia