Testing the possible negative association of type 1 diabetes and atopic disease by analysis of the interleukin 4 receptor gene

Maier, Lisa M. and Twells, Rebecca C. J. and Howson, Joanna M. M. and Lam, Alex C. and Clayton, David G. and Smyth, Deborah J. and Savage, David A. and Carson, Dennis J. and Patterson, Christopher C. and Smink, Luc J. and Walker, Neil M. and Burren, Oliver S. and Nutland, Sarah L. and Rance, Helen E. and Tuomilehto Wolf, Eva and Tuomilehto, Jaakko and Guja, Cristian and Ionescu Tirgoviste, Constantin and Undlien, Dag Erik and Ronningen, Kjersti Skjold and Cucca, Francesco and Todd, John A. (2003) Testing the possible negative association of type 1 diabetes and atopic disease by analysis of the interleukin 4 receptor gene. Genes and Immunity, Vol. 4 (7), p. 469-475. eISSN 1476-5470. Article.

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DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364007

Abstract

Variations in the interleukin 4 receptor A (IL4RA) gene have been reported to be associated with atopy, asthma, and allergy, which may occur less frequently in subjects with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Since atopy shows a humoral immune reactivity pattern, and T1D results from a cellular (T lymphocyte) response, we hypothesised that alleles predisposing to atopy could be protective for T1D and transmitted less often than the expected 50% from heterozygous parents to offspring with T1D. We genotyped seven exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the -3223 C> T SNP in the putative promoter region of IL4RA in up to 3475 T1D families, including 1244 Finnish T1D families. Only the -3223 C> T SNP showed evidence of negative association (P= 0.014). There was some evidence for an interaction between -3233 C> T and the T1D locus IDDM2 in the insulin gene region (P = 0.001 in the combined and P = 0.02 in the Finnish data set). We, therefore, cannot rule out a genetic effect of IL4RA in T1D, but it is not a major one.

Item Type:	Article
ID Code:	4202
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Type 1 diabetes, atopy, promoter, IL4RA
Subjects:	Area 06 - Scienze mediche > MED/03 Genetica medica
Divisions:	001 Università di Sassari > 01 Dipartimenti > Scienze biomediche
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
eISSN:	1476-5470
Deposited On:	19 Jul 2010 10:58

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