Objective: To investigate the association of Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy with the C/T transition polymorphism at position –318 of promoter and the A/G transition polymorphism at position 49 of exon 1...Objective: To investigate the association of Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy with the C/T transition polymorphism at position –318 of promoter and the A/G transition polymorphism at position 49 of exon 1 within cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene. Methods: Thirty-three patients with ophthalmopathy of Graves’ disease, fifty-six Graves’ patients without ophthalmopathy and sixty normal subjects as control were involved in the present case-control study. The polymorphisms were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Com-parisons were made of gene frequencies and allele frequencies between the groups. Results: The gene frequencies of CT and allele frequencies of T were much higher in Graves’ patients with ophthalmopathy than that in the group without ophthalmopathy (P=0.020, P=0.019). The gene frequencies of GG and allele frequencies of G in patients with Graves’ disease were significantly increased as compared with control group (P=0.008, P=0.007). The data suggest that smokers with Graves’ disease seemed to be more predisposed to ophthalmopathy than non-smokers (P=0.018). Conclusion: Our results suggest that an allele of T at position –318 of promoter is associated with genetic susceptibility to Graves’ ophthalmopathy while an allele of G at position 49 of exon 1 is associated with genetic susceptibility to Graves’ disease instead. Smoking is believed to be a major risk factor for ophthalmo-pathy.展开更多
Objective To investigate the correlation between gene polymorphism of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4(CTLA-4)and Graves disease(GD)in Qinghai Tibetan.Methods Using retrospective analysis methods,totally 13...Objective To investigate the correlation between gene polymorphism of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4(CTLA-4)and Graves disease(GD)in Qinghai Tibetan.Methods Using retrospective analysis methods,totally 130 cases of GD were selected randomly from June 2012 to November 2016 in the People's Hospital of Qinghai Province;meanwhile,110 normal control cases were selected randomly from Qinghai Tibetan.Then the genotype and allele of CTLA-4 were detected by the method of polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism(RFLP-PCR).Results The distribution of CTLA-4 genotype frequencies(AA,AG,GG)was different between the normal control cases and GD in Qinghai Tibetan [6.2%(8/130)vs 26.4%(29/110),50.0%(65/130)vs 58.2%(64/110),43.8%(57/130)vs 15.4%(17/110),X^2=32.105,P<0.05].Allele(A,G)frequencies were compared between GD and control,the differences were statistically significant [31.2%(81/260)vs 55.5%(122/220),68.8%(179/260)vs 44.5%(98/220),X^2=28.834,P<0.05].Conclusion Polymorphisms of CTLA-4 exon 1(49A/G)genotype and allele are closely correlated with GD in Qinghai Tibetan.展开更多
文摘Objective: To investigate the association of Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy with the C/T transition polymorphism at position –318 of promoter and the A/G transition polymorphism at position 49 of exon 1 within cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene. Methods: Thirty-three patients with ophthalmopathy of Graves’ disease, fifty-six Graves’ patients without ophthalmopathy and sixty normal subjects as control were involved in the present case-control study. The polymorphisms were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Com-parisons were made of gene frequencies and allele frequencies between the groups. Results: The gene frequencies of CT and allele frequencies of T were much higher in Graves’ patients with ophthalmopathy than that in the group without ophthalmopathy (P=0.020, P=0.019). The gene frequencies of GG and allele frequencies of G in patients with Graves’ disease were significantly increased as compared with control group (P=0.008, P=0.007). The data suggest that smokers with Graves’ disease seemed to be more predisposed to ophthalmopathy than non-smokers (P=0.018). Conclusion: Our results suggest that an allele of T at position –318 of promoter is associated with genetic susceptibility to Graves’ ophthalmopathy while an allele of G at position 49 of exon 1 is associated with genetic susceptibility to Graves’ disease instead. Smoking is believed to be a major risk factor for ophthalmo-pathy.
文摘Objective To investigate the correlation between gene polymorphism of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4(CTLA-4)and Graves disease(GD)in Qinghai Tibetan.Methods Using retrospective analysis methods,totally 130 cases of GD were selected randomly from June 2012 to November 2016 in the People's Hospital of Qinghai Province;meanwhile,110 normal control cases were selected randomly from Qinghai Tibetan.Then the genotype and allele of CTLA-4 were detected by the method of polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism(RFLP-PCR).Results The distribution of CTLA-4 genotype frequencies(AA,AG,GG)was different between the normal control cases and GD in Qinghai Tibetan [6.2%(8/130)vs 26.4%(29/110),50.0%(65/130)vs 58.2%(64/110),43.8%(57/130)vs 15.4%(17/110),X^2=32.105,P<0.05].Allele(A,G)frequencies were compared between GD and control,the differences were statistically significant [31.2%(81/260)vs 55.5%(122/220),68.8%(179/260)vs 44.5%(98/220),X^2=28.834,P<0.05].Conclusion Polymorphisms of CTLA-4 exon 1(49A/G)genotype and allele are closely correlated with GD in Qinghai Tibetan.