Yicheng Qi1, Huan Zheng2, Nan Liu1, Ting Guo3, Wei Zhu1, Shu Wang1, Bin Cui1,3, Guang Ning1,3. 1. Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 2. Geriatrics Department, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China. 3. Laboratory Endocrine & Metabolic Diseases of Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Graves' disease, one of the commonest autoimmune disorders, has a complex genetic basis. Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) is an important cytokine involved in innate and adaptive immune responses. This case-control study sought to investigate genetic association between the IL-17A gene and the process of Graves' disease (GD). DESIGN AND METHODS: Our pilot study was performed on a cohort from Shanghai, which included 713 patients with GD and 756 healthy controls. A replicate cohort was from Xiamen, recruiting 444 patients with GD and 427 healthy subjects. Six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs4711998, rs3819024, rs2275913, rs8193037, rs3819025 and rs3748067) within the IL-17A gene were genotyped by the SNPstream Genotyping Systems and Taqman PCR method. RESULTS: In Shanghai cohorts, the frequencies of rs8193037 alleles were strongly different between patients with Graves' disease (G, 87·6% and A, 12·4%) and healthy controls (G, 91·4% and A, 8·6%) (P = 0·00067). The A carriers were associated with increased Graves' disease risks when compared with the G carriers (OR = 1·51, 95%CI = 1·19-1·92). In replicate cohorts, the proportion of individuals carrying the A allele of rs8193037 was significantly higher in patients with Graves' disease than in controls [Graves' disease vs control, 14·3% vs 9·1%, OR = 1·66 (95% CI: 1·23-2·24), Pallele = 0·0082]. In addition, rs8193037 and rs3748067 were found to be different in both genotype and allele distributions in Graves' disease-associated ophthalmopathy patients and controls in Shanghai cohorts. Haplotype association analysis also identified five main haplotypes of those six SNPs. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that the polymorphism of IL-17A rs8193037 was strongly associated with Graves' disease susceptibility in the Chinese Han population.z.
OBJECTIVE:Graves' disease, one of the commonest autoimmune disorders, has a complex genetic basis. Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) is an important cytokine involved in innate and adaptive immune responses. This case-control study sought to investigate genetic association between the IL-17A gene and the process of Graves' disease (GD). DESIGN AND METHODS: Our pilot study was performed on a cohort from Shanghai, which included 713 patients with GD and 756 healthy controls. A replicate cohort was from Xiamen, recruiting 444 patients with GD and 427 healthy subjects. Six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs4711998, rs3819024, rs2275913, rs8193037, rs3819025 and rs3748067) within the IL-17A gene were genotyped by the SNPstream Genotyping Systems and Taqman PCR method. RESULTS: In Shanghai cohorts, the frequencies of rs8193037 alleles were strongly different between patients with Graves' disease (G, 87·6% and A, 12·4%) and healthy controls (G, 91·4% and A, 8·6%) (P = 0·00067). The A carriers were associated with increased Graves' disease risks when compared with the G carriers (OR = 1·51, 95%CI = 1·19-1·92). In replicate cohorts, the proportion of individuals carrying the A allele of rs8193037 was significantly higher in patients with Graves' disease than in controls [Graves' disease vs control, 14·3% vs 9·1%, OR = 1·66 (95% CI: 1·23-2·24), Pallele = 0·0082]. In addition, rs8193037 and rs3748067 were found to be different in both genotype and allele distributions in Graves' disease-associated ophthalmopathypatients and controls in Shanghai cohorts. Haplotype association analysis also identified five main haplotypes of those six SNPs. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that the polymorphism of IL-17Ars8193037 was strongly associated with Graves' disease susceptibility in the Chinese Han population.z.