No significant association between Fc receptor-like 3 gene polymorphisms and human leukocyte antigen-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis in Han Chinese population.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a rheumatoid arthritis, which is a common autoimmune disease with a complex genetic etiology. Although HLA-B27 has been identified to be associated with AS, a number of other genes may also be involved in the disease. Fc receptor-like 3 (FCRL3) gene has been shown to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese population. Here we aim to explore the association FCRL3 gene and susceptibility to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-positive AS in Han Chinese population. Among 169 AS patients, the frequencies of C and T (rs7522061) in FCRL3 gene were 38.7 and 61.3%, respectively; in 184 controls (HLA-B27-positive), the frequencies of C and T were 38.6 and 61.4%, respectively. The frequencies of alleles and genotype are not of statistically significant difference in two groups (chi(2) = 0.000, P = 0.983; chi(2) = 0.099, P = 0.952, respectively), but the distribution of HLA-B27 subtypes are statistically significant difference between cases and controls (chi(2) = 8.214, P = 0.042). Our data reveal that the FCRL3 gene does not appear associated with susceptibility to HLA-B27-positive AS in Han Chinese population.
Xia
Guo
G
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China.
Pan
Faming
F
Liao
Fangfang
F
Tang
Xiaowu
X
Ge
Rui
R
Mei
Yang
Y
Pan
Heping
H
Xu
Shengqian
S
Xu
Jianhua
J
D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*
C457775:FCRL3 protein, human; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic