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Background: Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease in which both genetic and environmental factors interact to determine the susceptibility and severity of the disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between atopic dermatitis and IL-10 and TGF-Beta1 gene polymorphisms. Methods: The allele and genotype frequencies of genes encoding for IL-10 and TGF-Beta1 were investigated in 89 patients with atopic dermatitis in comparison with 138 in the control group using the PCR-SSP method. Results: A significant increase was found in the frequency of the TGF-Beta1 codon 10/C allele among patients (p < 0.001, OR = 6.77), whereas a significant decrease was observed in the frequency of the T allele at the same position (p < 0.001, OR = 0.14). The frequency of the TGF-Beta1 codon 25/G allele in the control group was significantly higher than among patients (p < 0.001, OR = 0.08). A significant positive correlation was seen between CC (p < 0.001, OR = 15.10) and CG (p < 0.001) genotypes and AD at codons 10 and 25, respectively. The most frequent haplotypes among patients was TGF-Beta1 CG which was significantly higher than in the control subjects (50% in patients vs. 39.9% in controls, p = 0.042). A significant increase was found in the frequency of TGF-Beta CC (36% in patients vs. 7.6% in controls, p < 0.001) and TC (14% in patients vs. 0% in controls, p < 0.001) haplotypes among patients compared to controls. By contrast, the TGF-Beta1 TG haplotype was significantly lower in patients than controls (0% in patients vs. 52.5% in controls, p < 0.001). There were no significant differences in the frequency of alleles, genotypes and haplotypes of the IL-10 gene. Conclusions: We found a strong association between the polymorphisms of the TGF-Beta1 gene at codon 10 and codon 25 positions and atopic dermatitis (AU)
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Humans , Child , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/immunology , Dermatitis, Atopic/immunology , Interleukin-10/immunology , Transforming Growth Factor beta1/immunology , Dermatitis, Atopic/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Severity of Illness Index , Genotyping Techniques , Haplotypes/immunology , Iran/epidemiologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) seems to have an important role in early reactions towards microbes, while its genetic variability could affect this role in atopic patients who have a distressed immunity towards dermatological infections. METHODS: Eighty-nine patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), who were referred to a main referral paediatric hospital, were enrolled in this study. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the following IL-1 cluster genes were assessed in this group of patients: IL-1α −889, IL-1β −511, IL-1β +3962, IL-1R Pst-I 1970, and IL-1RA Mspa-I 11100. The results were compared with a group of 140 healthy subjects from the same region. RESULTS: Fourteen percent of the controls had TT homozygous genotype in IL-1R at position Pst-I 1970, while only 2% of the patients with AD had this genotype (p = 0.005, OR: 0.14, 95%CI: 0.02-0.64). The CC homozygous genotype was the most common genotype in IL-1α position −889 and IL-1β at position +3962 in both groups of patients with AD and the controls, while the TC heterozygous genotype was the most common genotype in IL-1β at position −511 and IL-1R at position Pst-I 1970, with no significant difference between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a significant negative association in the IL-1R Mspa-I 11100 TT homozygous genotype in the patients with AD
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