Variant genotypes of the low-affinity Fcgamma receptors in two control populations and a review of low-affinity Fcgamma receptor polymorphisms in control and disease populations.
Blood
; 94(12): 4220-32, 1999 Dec 15.
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| ID: mdl-10590067
ABSTRACT
Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaR) provide a critical link between humoral and cellular immunity. The genes of the low-affinity receptors for IgG and their isoforms, namely, FcgammaRIIa, FcgammaRIIb, FcgammaRIIIa, FcgammaRIIIb, and SH-FcgammaRIIIb, are located in close proximity on chromosome 1q22. Variant alleles may differ in biologic activity and a number of studies have reported the frequencies of variant FcgammaR alleles in both disease and control populations. No large study has evaluated the possibility of a nonrandom distribution of variant genotypes. We analyzed 395 normal individuals (172 African Americans [AA] and 223 Caucasians [CA]) at the following loci FcgammaRIIa, FcgammaRIIIa, and FcgammaRIIIb, including the SH-FcgammaRIIIb. The genotypic distributions of FcgammaRIIa, FcgammaRIIIa, and FcgammaRIIIb conform to the Hardy-Weinberg law in each group. There was no strong evidence that combinations of 2-locus genotypes of the 3 loci deviated from random distributions in these healthy control populations. The distribution of SH-FcgammaRIIIb is underrepresented in CA compared with AA (P < .0001) controls. A previously reported variant FcgammaRIIb was not detected in 70 normal individuals, indicating that this allele, if it exists, is very rare (<1%). In conclusion, we present data that should serve as the foundation for the interpretation of association studies involving multiple variant alleles of the low-affinity FcgammaR.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Genoma Humano
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Receptores de IgG
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Alelos
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Blood
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos