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CD40 Gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease in the Taiwanese population.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized by systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Our previous studies showed expression of CD40 ligand on CD4+ T cells correlated to the coronary artery lesion (CAL) and disease progress in KD. Other studies from Japan suggested the role of CD40L in the pathogenesis of CAL, and this might help explain the excessive number of males affected with KD but cannot be reproduced by Taiwanese population. This study was conducted to investigate the CD40 polymorphism in KD and CAL formation. METHODS: A total of 950 subjects (381?KD patients and 569 controls) were investigated to identify 2 tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) of CD40 (rs4810485 and rs1535045) by using the TaqMan allelic discrimination assay. RESULTS: A significant association was noted with regards to CD40 tSNPs (rs1535045) between controls and KD patients (P = 0.0405, dominant model). In KD patients, polymorphisms of CD40 (rs4810485) showed significant association with CAL formation (P = 0.0436, recessive model). Haplotype analysis did not yield more significant results between polymorphisms of CD40 and susceptibility/disease activity of KD. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed for the first time that polymorphisms of CD40 are associated with susceptibility to KD and CAL formation, in the Taiwanese population.

SUBMITTER: Kuo HC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3354684 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CD40 Gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease in the Taiwanese population.

Kuo Ho-Chang HC Chao Mei-Chyn MC Hsu Yu-Wen YW Lin Ying-Chi YC Huang Ying-Hsien YH Yu Hong-Ren HR Hou Ming-Feng MF Liang Chi-Di CD Yang Kuender D KD Chang Wei-Chiao WC Wang Chih-Lu CL

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<h4>Background</h4>Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized by systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Our previous studies showed expression of CD40 ligand on CD4+ T cells correlated to the coronary artery lesion (CAL) and disease progress in KD. Other studies from Japan suggested the role of CD40L in the pathogenesis of CAL, and this might help explain the excessive number of males affected with KD but cannot be reproduced by Taiwanese population. This study was conducted to investigate the CD4 ...[more]

PMID: 22645426

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Project description:BACKGROUND:CD40, encoded by TNFRSF5, participates in the survival of B cells, process of antigen presentation and generation of CD8+ T cell memory. It also has an important effect on HCV antiviral immune response. This study aims to investigate whether TNFRSF5 gene polymorphisms are associated with HCV infection outcomes among Chinese population. METHODS:Three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) (rs1535045, rs1883832, rs4810485) on TNFRSF5 were genotyped by TaqMan assay among Chinese population, including 1513 uninfected subjects, 496 spontaneous viral clearance subjects and 768 persistent HCV-infected subjects. Logistic analysis was used to compare these SNPs among different groups in this cross-sectional study. Functional annotations of the identified SNPs were further evaluated by bioinformatics analysis. RESULTS:After adjusted by age, gender and routes of infection, the results of logistic analysis indicated that individuals carrying rs1535045 T allele had a higher risk to infect HCV compared with C allele (in recessive model, adjusted OR?=?1.368, 95%CI?=?1.070-1.749, P?=?0.012). Subjects carried rs1535045 TT genotype were more likely to infect HCV than wild CC genotype (adjusted OR?=?1.397, 95%CI?=?1.078-1.809, P?=?0.011). For rs1883832, T allele was significantly associated with an increased risk of HCV infection (in recessive model, adjusted OR?=?1.337, 95%CI?=?1.069-1.673, P?=?0.011). Subjects with TT genotype had more possibility to infect HCV (adjusted OR?=?1.351, 95%CI?=?1.060-1.702, P?=?0.015). In the stratified analysis, rs1535045 and rs1883832 were remained in various subgroups and the heterogeneity test showed no pronounced heterogeneity in any pairwise comparison (all P?>?0.05). In addition, the results of the cumulative effects showed a tendency of that the more risk alleles (rs1535045 T and rs1883832 T) subjects carried, the more possibility of HCV infection exhibited (P<0.001). In haplotype analyses, compared with the CC haplotype, CT, TC and TT was correlated with an increased risk to infect HCV (P?=?0.029, P?=?0.047 and P<0.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:In conclusion, CD40 polymorphisms were significantly associated with the susceptibility to HCV among Chinese populations.

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CD40 Gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease in the Taiwanese population.

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CD40 Gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease in the Taiwanese population.

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