Association of autoimmune thyroid disease with microsatellite markers for the thyrotropin receptor gene and CTLA-4 in Japanese patients
Association of autoimmune thyroid disease with microsatellite markers for the thyrotropin receptor gene and CTLA-4 in Japanese patients
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DOI:
10.1089/thy.2000.10.851
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发表时间:
2000-10-01
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6.6
通讯作者:
Bowden, DW
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作者:
Akamizu, T;Sale, MM;Bowden, DW
In a previous study we identified a microsatellite marker near the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) gene. Studies with this marker, TSHR-CA, revealed a significant association between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in Japanese patients and one specific allele (allele 1; 180 base pair [bp]) of the microsatellite sequence. In addition, weak evidence for association of AITD with two alleles of the CTLA-4 gene was observed. In the present study, TSHR-CA has been mapped to approximately 600 kb of the TSHR gene using radiation hybrid mapping. TSHR-CA and another TSHR microsatellite marker, TSHR-AT, which is located in intron 2 of TSHR gene, were genotyped in a set of 349 unrelated Japanese AITD patients and 218 Japanese controls. The TSHR-AT marker showed association in this Japanese AITD population with a significant increase in allele 5 (294 bp; p < 0.05) and a significant decrease in allele 7 (298 bp; p < 0.05). The association of allele 5 of TSHR-AT was also significant in hypothyroid patients (thyrotopin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin-positive [TBII+], P < 0.01; thyrotropin binding inhibitory immunoglobulin-negative [TBII-], p < 0.05). The association of allele 7 of TSHR-AT were also significant for the hypothyroid TBII+ patients (p < 0.05). The CTLA-4 gene was also genotyped in this expanded set of Japanese AITD patients and controls. Association between AITD susceptibility and allele 2 (102 bp; p < 0.01) and allele 4 (106 bp; p < 0.01) were observed. These associations were also observed with GD patients (allele 2, p