title: Polymorphisms of interleukin-10 and its receptor and lung function in COPD.
abstract: Interleukin (IL)-10 is a type-2 T-helper cell cytokine with a broad spectrum of anti-inflammatory actions. Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It was hypothesised that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the genes encoding IL-10 (IL10) and the alpha subunit of its receptor (IL10RA) are associated with changes in, or value of, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) in smoking-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In total, eleven SNPs of IL10 and IL10RA were studied in 586 White subjects, selected from continuous smokers followed for 5 yrs in the Lung Health Study, who showed the fastest (n=280) and slowest (n=306) decline in FEV1. These 11 SNPs were also studied in 1,072 participants exhibiting the lowest (n=538) and highest (n=534) baseline FEV1 at the beginning of the Lung Health Study. No association was found in the primary analyses. Although a subgroup analysis showed that the IL-10 3368A allele was associated with a fast decline in FEV1, the association did not pass correction for multiple comparisons. No gene-gene interaction of IL10 with IL10RA was found. There was no association of polymorphisms of the genes encoding interleukin-10 and the alpha subunit of its receptor with the rate of decline in, or value of, forced expiratory volume in one second in smoking-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, 1081 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
authors.forename: J-Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shumansky
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Connett
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Anthonisen
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sandford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D053709:Interleukin-10 Receptor alpha Subunit / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D053709:Interleukin-10 Receptor alpha Subunit; D016753:Interleukin-10