title: Association betweenTSHRgene polymorphism and the risk of Graves' disease: a meta-analysis.
abstract: Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) is thought to be a significant candidate for genetic susceptibility to Graves' disease (GD). However, the association betweenTSHRgene polymorphism and the risk of GD remains controversial. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the two conditions by meta-analysis. We searched all relevant case-control studies in PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI and Wanfang for literature available until May 2015, and chose studies on two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): rs179247 and rs12101255, withinTSHRintron-1. Bias of heterogeneity test among studies was determined by the fixed or random effect pooled measure, and publication bias was examined by modified Begg's and Egger's test. Eight eligible studies with 15 outcomes were involved in this meta-analysis, including 6,976 GD cases and 7,089 controls from China, Japan, Poland, UK and Brazil. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) for allelic comparisons showed that both TSHR rs179247A/G and rs12101255T/C polymorphism had significant association with GD (OR=1.422, 95%CI=1.353-1.495,P<0.001,Pheterogeneity=0.448; OR=1.502, 95%CI: 1.410-1.600,P<0.001,Pheterogeneity=0.642), and the associations were the same under dominant, recessive and co-dominant models. In subgroup analyses, the conclusions are also consistent with all those in Asian, European and South America subgroups (P<0.001). Our meta-analysis revealed a significant association between TSHR rs179247A/G and rs12101255T/C polymorphism with GD in five different populations from Asia, Europe and South America. Further studies are needed in other ethnic backgrounds to independently confirm our findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Kuanfeng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Wenting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, The Forth Medical College of Peking University, Beijing 100035, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Xuqin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
authors.forename: Xueyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China; cui_dai@163.com.
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cui
keywords: Graves' disease; meta-analysis; polymorphism; thyroid stimulating hormone receptor