title: The analysis of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1beta gene polymorphisms in Turkish FMF patients: do they predispose to secondary amyloidosis?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Amyloid development in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients is associated with acute phase response and the acute phase reactant serum amyloid A which is induced by IL-1Beta. Its concentration can increase to more than 1000 fold during inflammation. In view of the inflammatory nature of FMF disease we have investigated whether IL-1Beta and IL-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms may be involved in amyloid development in FMF patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-nine FMF patients without amyloidosis; 54 FMF patients with amyloidosis and 60 healthy controls samples were genotyped for IL-1Beta-511 (C/T) and IL-1Beta+3953 (C/T) polymorphisms using PCR-RFLP and for IL-1Ra VNTR polymorphism using PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The allele and genotype frequencies of IL-1Beta-511 (C/T), IL-1Beta+3953 (C/T) and IL-1Ra VNTR polymorphisms in FMF patients with and without amyloidosis were all compared with those in controls. There were no significant differences between FMF patients with and without amyloidosis and healthy control samples for these polymorphisms (all P-values are >0.05). These polymorphisms were not associated with M694V mutation in FMF patients with and without amyloidosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IL-1Beta-511 (C/T), IL-1Beta+3953 (C/T) and IL-1Ra VNTR polymorphisms are not associated with the development of amyloid in FMF patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balci-Peynircioğlu
authors.forename: Z E
authors.initials: ZE
authors.lastname: Taşkiran
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Türel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arici
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakkaloğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D028226:Amyloidosis, Familial / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult