title: Association of HYPA haplotype in the mannose-binding lectin gene-2 with Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic, recurrent inflammatory disease caused by the combinations of multiple genetic and environmental factors. Moreover, the MBL2 gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes are known to increase the susceptibility to inflammatory disease and to alter the serum levels of mannose-binding lectin (MBL. We postulated that the haplotypes of the MBL2 gene influence therapeutic response in BD, thus affecting the clinical symptoms in 282 BD patients. The promoter region, MBL2-550*C/*C (L/L) homozygote was found to have a lower frequency in BD patients than that in controls. No difference was observed in the allele frequencies of G-221C (Y/X), C+4T (P/Q) or Gly54Asp (A/B) of the MBL2 gene in BD patients and in controls. The HYPA haplotype contributed to BD occurrence, whereas the LYPA haplotype was negatively associated with BD. BD patients with several symptoms and with an earlier disease-onset age had a higher HYPA haplotype frequency. BD patients showing poor response (S) to therapy had a higher HYPA frequency than those showing good response (M). It seems that possessing HYPA increases the risk of BD and that the MBL2 HYPA haplotype plays a role in MBL levels and increases the susceptibility to BD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. kspark@sungshin.ac.kr
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D037601:Mannose-Binding Lectin / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011379:Prognosis; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: C445619:MBL2 protein, human; D037601:Mannose-Binding Lectin