title: Polymorphisms of interleukin-1 and interleukin-2 genes in patients with gastric cancer in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Interleukin (IL)-1 gene polymorphism has been reported to be associated with the increment of gastric cancer (GC) and the decrement of duodenal ulcers (DU). In addition, IL-2 is known to induce Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-associated gastric atrophy, but it is not known whether IL-2 gene polymorphism increases the risk of GC (GC) or peptic ulcer diseases. Therefore, we compared the genotypes of IL-1B, IL-1RN, and IL-2 gene polymorphisms with risk of gastric ulcers (GU), GC, and DU in Korean patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 116 GU, 122 GC, and 104 DU patients were included consecutively and compared with 100 healthy controls. Polymorphisms of the IL-1B-511/-31 gene, the penta-allelic variable number of tandem repeats of the IL-1RN gene, and the IL-2-330 gene were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction with restriction fragment length polymorphism or confronting two-pair primers methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The age-sex-adjusted odds ratios (OR) for the IL-1B-511 T genotype relative to the C/C genotype (OR = 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.41-1.65), IL-1RN*2 genotype relative to the L/L genotype (OR = 0.85, 95% CI 0.41-1.78), and IL-2-330 T genotype relative to the G/G genotype (OR = 1.94, 95% CI 0.76-4.96) were not increased in GC. There was also no significant difference in the genotypes of these cytokine polymorphisms between the study group (GU or DU) and control group. In addition, genotypic frequency was not associated with H. pylori positivity and histological type of GC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IL-1B-511, IL-1RN, and IL-2 genetic polymorphisms were not important contributors to the pathogenesis of GU, GC, and DU in Korean patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University, Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Woon Geon
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Ji Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Hyoung Su
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung Kuk
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jin Heon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ha Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hak Yang
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim