Hirankarn Nattiya, Tangwattanachuleeporn Marut, Wongpiyabovorn Jongkonnee, Wongchinsri Jeerapat, Avihingsanon Yingyos
Lupus Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama 4 Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Feb;28(2):219-23. doi: 10.1007/s10067-008-1036-4. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
We analyzed the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-12 and IL-18 genes in disease susceptibility and severity of SLE in Thais. A weak association was observed between A allele of the IL-12 gene at the 3' untranslated region in SLE patients with proteinuria (OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.05-3.40, P = 0.02, Pc = 0.06). In addition, we found a significant association between C allele of IL-18 (-137) with arthritis (OR = 6.88, 95% CI = 1.54-42.93, P = 0.003, Pc = 0.009). The presence of one C allele (C/C+C/G) was associated with significant OR of 8.72 (95% CI = 1.83-56.71, P = 0.001, Pc = 0.003). Interestingly, we found the combined effect between the G/C genotype of IL-18 (-137) and the A/A genotype of IFNG (+874) gene causing susceptibility of arthritis in SLE patients (OR = 13.22, 95% CI = 1.56-291.66, P = 0.004).
我们分析了泰国人白细胞介素-12(IL-12)和白细胞介素-18(IL-18)基因中的单核苷酸多态性与系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)疾病易感性及严重程度之间的关联。在有蛋白尿的SLE患者中,观察到IL-12基因3'非翻译区的A等位基因与疾病存在弱关联(比值比[OR]=1.89,95%置信区间[CI]=1.05 - 3.40,P = 0.02,校正P值[Pc]=0.06)。此外,我们发现IL-18(-137)的C等位基因与关节炎存在显著关联(OR = 6.88,95% CI = 1.54 - 42.93,P = 0.003,Pc = 0.009)。存在一个C等位基因(C/C + C/G)与显著的OR值8.72相关(95% CI = 1.83 - 56.71,P = 0.001,Pc = 0.003)。有趣的是,我们发现IL-18(-137)的G/C基因型与干扰素-γ(IFNG)(+874)基因的A/A基因型之间存在联合效应,导致SLE患者患关节炎的易感性增加(OR = 13.22,95% CI = 1.56 - 291.66,P = 0.004)。