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Candidate Gene Testing in Clinical Cohort Studies with Multiplexed Genotyping and Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 21, 2018
[The association between genetic polymorphisms of IL-6 and the susceptibility of chronic rhinosinusitis]
Meili Zhang1, Peihua Ni, Changping Cai
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Objective:
To investigate the relationship between the promoter polymorphism of IL6 (-174G > C, -572G > C and -597G > A) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).
Method:
The case-control study consisted of 123 patients with CRS and 239 controls from a Chinese Han population from Shanghai. The genotypes of the subjects were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and gene sequencing. Besides, the concentrations of the totle immunoglobulin E (TIgE) and eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in the blood were also determined.
Result:
The -174G > C and -597G > A polymorphisms were not detected in this study population. Significant differences in genotype and allele frequencies of -572C/G were observed between CRS patients and control groups. In CRS patients, the CC, CG, GG genotype frequencies were 69.1%, 29.3%, 1.6%, C, G allele frequencies were 83.7%, 16.3%. In control group, the genotype frequencies were 55.2%, 42.3%, 2.5%, the allele frequencies were 76.4%, 23.6%, respectively. The -572CC genotype was associated with an increased risk of developing CRS (P < 0.05, OR = 1.932, 95% CI, 1.205-3.097). There was no significant differences in the concentrations of the TIgE and ECP among each genotype.
Conclusion:
IL-6 gene -572G > C polymorphism is associated with the susceptibility to CRS. CC genotype could be an independent risk factor.
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