title: Association of interleukin-1 alpha gene polymorphism with cerebral infarction.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has pleiotropic actions in the central nervous system. During the last decade, a growing corpus of evidence has indicated an important role of this cytokine in the development of brain damage following cerebral ischemia. The expression of IL-1 in the brain is dramatically increased during the early and chronic stage of infarction. The IL-1 gene cluster on chromosome 2q14 contains three related genes (IL1alpha, IL1beta, and IL1 receptor antagonist) located within a 430-kb region. T and C alleles exist for the IL-1alpha-889 regulatory region and the TT genotype has been reported to increase the production of the protein in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated mononuclear cells from IL-1alpha-889 TT carriers. We examined whether the IL-1alpha polymorphism affects the probability of cerebral infarction (CI). We genotyped 360 CI patients and 519 healthy controls for the same polymorphism. A significant increase was found for the IL-1alpha T allele in CI patients compared with controls (chi2=5.026, P=0.025). We conclude that the IL-1alpha-889 polymorphism is a major risk factor for CI in Koreans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Um
authors.forename: Kyung-Suk
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Kang-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Kwang-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Byung-Soon
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Hyung-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D007723:Korea; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1