title: Influence of a tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphism in Japanese patients with multiple system atrophy.
abstract: We studied promoter region polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 genes in Japanese patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) (n=122) and normal controls (n=277). The frequency of the TNF-1031C, a high producer allele of TNF, was increased significantly in MSA patients compared with controls (chi2=12.36, P=0.0021, Pc=0.0084). In contrast, there was no difference in the genotype or allele frequency in the other cytokine gene polymorphisms. We also failed to detect any difference in the disease onset between each genotype of the polymorphisms examined. Our findings suggest that TNF might have a toxic effect in MSA.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, Konan Hospital, Shiga 520-2433, Japan. ma-nishi@vmail.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Sadako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019578:Multiple System Atrophy / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; C490351:TGFB1I1 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10