title: The suggestive association of eotaxin-2 and eotaxin-3 gene polymorphisms in Korean population with allergic rhinitis.
abstract: The eotaxin gene family (eotaxin, eotaxin-2 and eotaxin-3) has been implicated in the recruitment of eosinophils, basophiles and Th2 lymphocytes that are central aspects of allergic diseases. To determine whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the eotaxin-2 and eotaxin-3 genes are associated with susceptibility to allergic rhinitis, we scanned 178 allergic rhinitis patients and 281 controls without allergic rhinitis using the direct sequencing and single-base extension (SBE) methods. We also calculated the haplotype frequencies between +179T>C and +275C>T of eotaxin-2 and +2497T>G of eotaxin-3 in both controls and allergic rhinitis patients. The haplotype frequency between controls and allergic rhinitis patients was suggestively associated (P=0.0001). The genotype frequencies of eotaxin-3 +2497T>G in allergic rhinitis patients were suggestively different from those in non-allergic rhinitis controls (P=<0.0007). Our results strongly suggest that the SNP of eotaxin-3 might be associated with susceptibility to allergic rhinitis.
authors.affiliation: Genome Research Center for Immune Disorders, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Chonbuk, 570-749, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo-Cheon
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Young-Ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Gyung-Jae
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hun-Taeg
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D054423:Chemokine CCL24; D000075906:Chemokine CCL26; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000235:genetics*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C515484:CCL24 protein, human; C120429:CCL26 protein, human; D054423:Chemokine CCL24; D000075906:Chemokine CCL26; D019742:Chemokines, CC