title: The interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphism -1087AG does not correlate with clinical outcome in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: The Interleukin 10 (IL-10) gene is highly polymorphic, and the IL-10(-1087AG) (rs1800896) gene variation is the only so far studied intensively in association with certain diseases. Conflicting data have been published about an association of IL-10(-1087AG) gene variation with lower rates of complete remission and lower overall survival (OS) in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. To further investigate this in malignant lymphoma, we established the IL-10 genotypes in patients from the NHL-B1/ B2 studies from the German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group. In our study, allele frequencies of lymphoma patients are comparable as in healthy controls. No increase of IL-10(-1087G) alleles was found. In addition we did not find any difference in OS or event-free survival between patients with IL-10(-1087AA) and the other genotypes. Comparable results were obtained for the IL-10 loci at -3538 (A/T), -1354 (A/G), -824 (C/T) and -597 (A/C) (rs1800890, rs1800893, rs1800871 and rs1800872).
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsmedizin der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. dkube@gwdg.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kube
authors.forename: T-D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klöss
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kulle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brockmöller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wojnowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfreundschuh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trümper
mesh_terms: D005787:Gene Frequency; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D016753:Interleukin-10