Association of interleukin-2, interleukin-4 and transforming growth factor-beta gene polymorphisms with Behcet's disease

Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic immune-mediated disease, characterised by oral and genital lesions and ocular inflammation. As cytokines seem to have important roles in the pathogenesis of BD and production of cytokines could be affected by genetic polymorphisms, this study was performed to...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental rheumatology 2011-07, Vol.29 (4 Suppl 67), p.S28-S31
Main Authors: Shahram, Farhad, Nikoopour, Enayat, Rezaei, Nima, Saeedfar, Kayvan, Ziaei, Naghmeh, Davatchi, Fereydoun, Amirzargar, Aliakbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behcet Syndrome - genetics
Behcet Syndrome - immunology
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics
Haplotypes
Humans
Interleukin-2 - genetics
Interleukin-2 - immunology
Interleukin-4 - genetics
Interleukin-4 - immunology
Iran
Male
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Transforming Growth Factor beta - genetics
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Summary:Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic immune-mediated disease, characterised by oral and genital lesions and ocular inflammation. As cytokines seem to have important roles in the pathogenesis of BD and production of cytokines could be affected by genetic polymorphisms, this study was performed to investigate gene polymorphisms of a number of cytokines in the patients with BD in comparison with control subjects. One hundred and fifty patients with BD were enrolled in this study. Interleukin (IL)-2 (-330, +166), IL-4 (-1098, -590, -33), IL-10 (-1082, -819, -592), IL-12 (-1188), IFN-γ (5644), transforming growth factor (TGF)-β (codon 10, 25), and IL-4RA (+1902) typing were performed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers. In the patients with BD, there were significantly increased frequency of IL-2 (-330) GG genotype (p
ISSN:0392-856X