title: Association of interleukin-1 genetic polymorphisms with the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies suggest that a variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in the second intron of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene and two single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions -511 and +3954 of the interleukin-1beta (IL-1B) gene are associated with an increased risk of autoimmune diseases. In the present study, we evaluated associations between these genetic factors and an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a population from Northwest China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 240 patients with RA and 227 healthy controls from Northwest China were investigated using PCR and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Genotype and allele distributions and haplotype construction were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The genotype and allele distributions of IL-1B +3954 and IL-1RN polymorphisms were significantly different in RA patients compared to controls (p<0.001 and p<0.001; p=0.028, p=0.023, respectively). Significant differences were also observed between the RA and control groups for the haplotypes IL-1B -511C/+3954C/IL-1RN *1, IL-1B -511C/+3954T/IL-1RN *1 and IL-1B -511T/+3954T/IL-1RN *1 [p=0.017, odds ratio (OR) 0.721, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.551-0.944; p=0.030, OR 2.111, 95% CI 1.060-4.204; and p=0.029, OR 2.909, 95% CI 1.066-7.902, respectively].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that IL-1B +3954 and IL-1RN genetic polymorphisms are associated with a significantly increased risk of RA in this Chinese population.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Chong-ge
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Jian-feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Pei-qiang
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi-rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C507763:IL1RN protein, human; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D053583:Interleukin-1beta