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Interplay of cytokine polymorphisms and bacterial vaginosis in the etiology of preterm delivery.


ABSTRACT: Recent findings suggest that the association between inflammation-related genes and preterm delivery may be stronger in the presence of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF?) and interleukin 1-beta (IL-1?) are pro-inflammatory cytokines capable of inducing preterm labor in non-human primates. In this study the authors tested associations among two TNF? promoter polymorphisms (-G308A and -G238A), a single IL-1? polymorphism (+C3954T), vaginal microbial findings, and risk of preterm delivery. Data were from the Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health (POUCH) Study (n=777 term and n=230 preterm deliveries). Vaginal smears collected at mid-pregnancy (15-27 weeks gestation) were scored according to Nugent's criteria. A Nugent score of ? 4 was modeled as the cut-point for intermediate and positive BV. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios for associations among independent covariates (vaginal flora, genotype) and preterm delivery. Results showed that women with a Nugent score of? 4 and the TNF? -238 A/G or A/A were at increased risk of delivering preterm (race/ethnicity adjusted OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2, 5.8). The p-value for the genotype and Nugent score interaction=0.02. This study points to one more example of a potential gene-environment interaction in a preterm delivery pathway. Future tests of this finding will determine the robustness of these results.

SUBMITTER: Jones NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3005194 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interplay of cytokine polymorphisms and bacterial vaginosis in the etiology of preterm delivery.

Jones Nicole M NM   Holzman Claudia C   Friderici Karen H KH   Jernigan Katherine K   Chung Hwan H   Wirth Julia J   Fisher Rachel R  

Journal of reproductive immunology 20101020 1-2


Recent findings suggest that the association between inflammation-related genes and preterm delivery may be stronger in the presence of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) and interleukin 1-beta (IL-1β) are pro-inflammatory cytokines capable of inducing preterm labor in non-human primates. In this study the authors tested associations among two TNFα promoter polymorphisms (-G308A and -G238A), a single IL-1β polymorphism (+C3954T), vaginal microbial findings, and risk of  ...[more]

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