title: Functional polymorphisms in the promoter region of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and chronic gastritis.
abstract: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a key proinflammatory mediator, which plays a pivotal role in inflammatory and immune diseases. We attempted to clarify associations of the functional polymorphisms of the MIF gene promoter with the development of chronic gastritis. The study was performed with 290 stocked DNAs from subjects with no evidence of gastric malignancy. We employed the PCR-SSCP method to detect gene polymorphisms. The severity of histological chronic gastritis in antral biopsy specimens was classified according to the updated Sydney system. Both the 7/7-CATT repeat at position -794 and the -173 C/C genotypes were significantly associated with a risk of developing severe gastric mucosal atrophy (OR, 9.69; 95% CI, 1.29-72.5; and OR, 4.60; 95% CI, 1.05-20.2, respectively). In subjects younger than 60 years old, the number of 7-CATT alleles was significantly correlated with both the activity and inflammation scores (p=0.0079 and 0.0080, respectively). Our results suggested that functional promoter polymorphisms of the MIF gene might be associated with the severity of gastric mucosal inflammation in younger subjects and with the subsequent development of mucosal atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan. tarisawa@fujita-hu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomiyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arisawa
authors.forename: Tomomitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
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authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: Masakatsu
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authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Daisuke
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authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Masaaki
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authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Ichiro
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authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D002465:Cell Movement; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors