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Abstract:

OBJECTIVES: An altered production of cytokines underlies inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) susceptibility. Various polymorphisms at the IL-10 and TNFα gene promoters control cytokine production levels. The influence of these polymorphisms on susceptibility to ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) and their association with clinical features were analyzed.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Genetic polymorphisms of TNFα (−308 G/A) and IL-10 (−1082 G/A, −812 C/T, and −592 C/A) were determined using the LightCycler system with hybridization probes matched with one sequence variant. The study population included 99 UC patients, 146 CD patients, and 343 matched controls.

RESULTS: We did not find association between TNFα or IL-10 gene polymorphisms and UC or CD susceptibility, though a slight influence of −1082*G allele in UC appearance was observed. In a stratified analysis, a highly significant association between the −1082 AA IL-10 genotype and the steroid dependency was observed in IBD (p < 0.0001), contributing both UC (p= 0.004) and CD (p= 0.003) to this association. In contrast, TNFα genotypes did not influence steroid dependency in IBD. Further, the contribution of cytokine genotypes and of clinical features to the appearance of steroid-dependent status (dependent variable) was studied by multivariate analysis. The steroid-dependent phenotype correlated in UC with extensive disease (p= 0.010) and with the low producer −1082 AA IL-10 genotype (p= 0.002) and in CD with penetrating disease (p= 0.010), arthritis (p= 0.011), and the −1082 AA IL-10 genotype (p= 0.006).

CONCLUSIONS: The main conclusion is that carriage of the −1082 AA IL-10 genotype (low producer) is a relevant risk factor for developing steroid-dependent IBD.

(Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:1039–1047)

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00501.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain 2: Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain 3: Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital San Agustín, Aviles, Spain

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TNFα and IL-10 Gene Polymorphisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Association of −1082 AA Low Producer IL-10 Genotype with Steroid Dependency