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Alleles of the NRAMP1 gene are risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis disease.

ABSTRACT: Relatively little is known about the human genetics of susceptibility to common diseases caused by bacterial pathogens. Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. So far, genetic studies of tuberculosis susceptibility have largely been focused on adult patients despite the fact that tuberculosis is highly prevalent among children. To study the host genetic component of pediatric tuberculosis susceptibility, we enrolled 184 ethnically diverse families from the Greater Houston area with at least one child affected by pediatric tuberculosis disease. Using a family-based control design, we found allelic variants of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein gene 1 (NRAMP1) (alias SLC11A1) significantly associated with tuberculosis disease in this pediatric patient population [P = 0.01; odds ratio = 1.75 (95% confidence interval, 1.10-2.77)]. The association of NRAMP1 with pediatric tuberculosis disease was significantly heterogeneous (P = 0.01) between simplex [P <0.0008; odds ratio = 3.13 (1.54-6.25)] and multiplex families (P = 1), suggesting an interplay between mechanisms of genetic control and exposure intensities. In striking contrast to previous studies in the adult population, we observed that the common alleles of NRAMP1 polymorphisms were risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis disease. To explain the different direction of allelic association between adult and pediatric disease, we hypothesize that NRAMP1 influences the speed of progression from infection to tuberculosis disease.

SUBMITTER: Malik S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1189316 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

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Alleles of the NRAMP1 gene are risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis disease.

Malik Suneil S Abel Laurent L Tooker Heather H Poon Audrey A Simkin Leah L Girard Manon M Adams Gerald J GJ Starke Jeffrey R JR Smith Kimberly C KC Graviss Edward A EA Musser James M JM Schurr Erwin E

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050815 34

Relatively little is known about the human genetics of susceptibility to common diseases caused by bacterial pathogens. Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. So far, genetic studies of tuberculosis susceptibility have largely been focused on adult patients despite the fact that tuberculosis is highly prevalent among children. To study the host genetic component of pediatric tuberculosis susceptibility, we enrolled 184 ethnicall ...[more]

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