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Association between STAT3 gene polymorphisms and Crohn's disease susceptibility: a case-control study in a Chinese
Zhengting Wang, Bin Xu, Hongxin Zhang
1Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China. Jimmyzj64@medmail.com.cn.
Background:
Crohn's disease (CD) is an immune-related disease with genetic predisposition. This study aimed to investigate the association of three polymorphisms in the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) gene with CD risk in a Chinese population.
Methods:
We conducted a hospital-based case-control study involving 232 CD patients and 272 controls. Genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primer method. Statistical analyses were conducted using logistic regression and genotype risk scoring.
Results:
Significant differences were found between patients and controls in allele/genotype distributions of rs744166 (Pallele=0.0008; Pgenotype=0.003) and allele distributions of rs4796793 (P = 0.03). The risk for CD associated with the rs744166-A mutant allele decreased by 37% [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.48-0.83] under the additive model, 39% (95% CI: 0.43-0.81) under the dominant model and 57% (95% CI: 0.24-0.77) under the recessive model. Carriers of the rs4796793-G mutant allele exhibited 25% (95% CI: 0.58-0.98; P=0.03) and 47% (95% CI: 0.30-0.95) decreased risks of developing CD under the additive and recessive models, respectively.
Conclusions:
STAT3 rs744166 and rs4796793 polymorphisms may be associated with CD occurrence and used as a predictive factor of CD in Chinese Han populations.
Virtual Slides:
The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/2169674321122294.
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