title: [A linkage study of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 gene and Graves' disease in northern Chinese Han ethnic].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene, which is located on chromosome 2q31-q33, is the major susceptibility gene for Graves' disease (GD) of northern Chinese Han nationality.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five highly polymorphic microsatellite markers spanning the entire region of chromosome 2q31-q33 were employed to screen 54 families with multiple incidences of GD (322 individuals) of northern Chinese Han nationality. Tow-point and multi-point Lod scores were calculated under different levels of penetrance, assuming both dominant and recessive models. Multipoint nonparametric linkage (NPL) scores were also calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two-point Lod scores (theta = 0) and multipoint Lod scores of less than -2 were observed for all the markers tested, at all levels of penetrance, in both the dominant and recessive models of inheritance. P values of greater than 0.05 were observed for all the multipoint NPL scores obtained.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We obtained evidence against the linkage of GD with chromosome 2q31-q33, thus we are of the opinion that CTLA-4 gene is not the major susceptibility locus for Graves' disease of northern Chinese Han nationality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Songtao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000069594:Abatacept; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D008297:Male; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C556706:CTLA4 protein, human; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D000069594:Abatacept