title: Association of genetic polymorphisms in the IL12-IFNG pathway with susceptibility to and prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a Chinese population.
abstract: Cytokines are crucial in activation of the cell-mediated immunity required for eliminating pathogens and controlling intracellular growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). Genetic variants in the IL12-IFNG axis are hypothesized to be involved in the development and progression of TB. Genetic polymorphisms of rs2243115 and rs568408 in IL12A, rs3212227 in IL12B and rs2430561 in IFNG(+874) were detected in 522 pulmonary TB cases and 527 controls recruited from Yangzhong and Wujin County of China. It was found that genetic variants TG/GG of rs2243115(IL12A) were associated with a decreased risk of TB, with odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of 0.70 (0.49-0.99), whereas variant genotypes AT/TT of rs2430561(IFNG) conferred 82% less risk for treatment failure, with a hazard ratio of 0.18 (95% confidence interval 0.04-0.73). Cumulative effects analysis revealed that the risk of TB increased significantly with the number of unfavorable genotypes in IL12 genes. Furthermore, MDR analysis showed potential higher-order gene-gene and gene-environment interactions and indicated different outcomes based on distinct genotype profiles. Results from this study demonstrate that genetic polymorphisms of the IL12-IFNG pathway may individually or jointly contribute to the susceptibility to and prognosis of pulmonary TB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. merry21st@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics*; D053765:Interleukin-12 Subunit p35 / Q000235:genetics*; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011379:Prognosis; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C508858:IL12A protein, human; C500879:IL12B protein, human; D053765:Interleukin-12 Subunit p35; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40; D007371:Interferon-gamma