title: IL-6 and IL-10 promoter gene polymorphisms in psoriasis vulgaris.
abstract: Overexpression of IL-6 has been implicated in the pathology of numerous autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis, and relative deficiency of IL-10 in psoriatic patients seems to be important in the development of this disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between IL-6 and IL-10 single nucleotide polymorphisms and susceptibility to psoriasis vulgaris. DNA from 78 patients with psoriasis vulgaris and 74 healthy volunteers was investigated. IL-6 promoter gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in position -174, and IL-10 single nucleotide polymorphisms in positions -1082, -819 and -592 were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers. No significant differences were found in the polymorphisms of IL-6 and IL-10 promoter genes between patients with psoriasis and healthy controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. wbaran@derm.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: Jacek C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Szepietowski
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: Eugeniusz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D016753:Interleukin-10