title: The association of -627 interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: The objective of the study is to examine whether interleukin-10 (IL-10) promoter polymorphism is a marker of susceptibility of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Chinese patients in Taiwan. The study included 119 Chinese patients with SLE. One hundred unrelated healthy individuals living in central Taiwan served as control subjects. Each polymorphism was detected as a result of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based restriction analysis. The PCR product length was determined to be 412 bp (CC) whereas two fragments of 236 and 176 bp were determined to be excisable lengths (AA). The relationship between the IL-10 gene polymorphism and clinical manifestations of SLE was evaluated. For the genotype and allelic frequency, there were statistically significant differences between the SLE patients and the normal control subjects (p=0.007 and 0.003, respectively). But we did not detect any association of carriage rate of the IL-10 polymorphism and the normal control subjects (p=0.077). Furthermore, we did not detect any association of IL-10 genotype with antinuclear antibody, malar rash, photosensitivity, discoid lupus, mucosal ulcer, arthritis, serositis, hematology, immunology, involvement of central nervous system, and renal disease involvement in the SLE patients. The significant relation of -627 IL-10 genotype and allelic frequency with SLE implies that the IL-10 gene polymorphism can serve as a candidate gene marker for further study in patients with SLE in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Po-Wen
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chung-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chiu-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chang-Hai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Jeffrey J P
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chin-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Fuu-Jen
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D005819:Genetic Markers; C508609:IL10 protein, human; D016753:Interleukin-10