The exon 4 variations of Tim-1 gene are associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a Korean population.
The family of T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain (TIM) proteins is identified to be expressed on T cells. A member of Tim family, TIM-1, is considered as a membrane protein that is associated with the development of Th2 biased immune responses and selectively expressed on Th2 cells. In the present study, we analyzed the association of genotype and allele frequencies between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and the controls without RA using large samples size at 5383_5397del and 5509_5511delCAA variations of Tim-1 gene. We further investigated the relationships among these variations to C-reactive protein (CRP) and rheumatoid factor (RF) levels in RA patients. Although these factors were not associated with exon 4 variations in RA patients, the genotype and allele frequencies of 5383_5397del variation site (P = 0.015 and 0.014, respectively) as well as 5509_5511delCAA variation site (P = 0.0002 and 0.0001, respectively) in RA patients were significantly different from those in the non-RA controls. Our results strongly suggest that the variations of Tim-1 exon 4 might be associated with the susceptibility to RA.
Genome Research Center for Immune Disorders, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea.
Soo-Cheon
SC
Chae
Ju-Hee
JH
Song
Seung-Cheol
SC
Shim
Kyung-Sik
KS
Yoon
Hun-Taeg
HT
Chung
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D000072596:Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000097:blood
C491143:HAVCR1 protein, human; D000072596:Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011991:Receptors, Virus; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor