title: No relationship of -627 interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine whether -627 interleukin-10 (IL-10) promoter polymorphism is a marker of susceptibility to or severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Chinese patients in Taiwan. The study included 198 Chinese patients with RA. One hundred unrelated healthy individuals living in central Taiwan served as the control subjects. The relationship between IL-10 gene polymorphism and clinical manifestations of RA was evaluated. For the genotype, allelic frequency, and carriage rate of IL-10 polymorphism, there were no statistically significant differences found between patients and controls. Furthermore, we did not detect any association of IL-10 genotype with rheumatoid factor (RF), extra-articular involvement, or bone erosion in the RA patients. The lack of association of -627 IL-10 gene polymorphism with RA and the clinical findings in our study implies that the IL-10 gene polymorphism cannot serve as a candidate gene marker for screening RA patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chang-Hai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chi-Lan
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chin-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Fuu-Jen
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D016753:Interleukin-10