title: Lack of Association between Interleukin 12 C(-1188)A Polymorphism and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
abstract: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder, characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. This study was performed to investigate the important role of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in intestinal inflammation. For this study seventy one patients with IBS and 140 controls were investigated. The allele and genotype frequencies of IL-12 C(-1188)A were determined using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers. The allele A was more common that the allele C in both groups of patients and controls. There was not any significant difference on IL-12 alleles and genotypes between patients and controls. The AA genotype was the most common genotypes, which was seen in 57.4% of the patients and 51.4% of the controls (p = 0.53). Although frequency of the CC genotype in the control group was lower than the patient group, this difference was not significant (5.7% vs. 11.5%, respectively, p = 0.16). Considering the lack of association between IL-12 C(-1188)A polymorphism and IBS, this cytokine gene polymorphism may not have significant role in the pathophysiology of disease.
authors: Molecular Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Elham
authors: E
authors: Barkhordari
authors: Ali Akbar
authors: AA
authors: Amirzargar
authors: Naser
authors: N
authors: Ebrahimi-Daryani
authors: Mahdi
authors: M
authors: Mahmoudi
authors: Bita
authors: B
authors: Ansaripour
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Alighardashi
authors: Hamid Reza
authors: HR
authors: Ahmadi-Ashtiani
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Bashashati
authors: Nima
authors: N
authors: Rezaei
keywords: Genetic polymorphism; Interleukin-12; Irritable bowel syndrome