138
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Genetics and Asthma

IFNG+874A/T polymorphisms and IFNG CA repeat polymorphism associated with asthma in Asian – a meta-analysis

, MD, , MD, , MD, PhD, , PhD, , PhD, , MD, , MS & , PhD show all
Pages 1014-1021 | Received 21 Jan 2014, Accepted 30 Jun 2014, Published online: 26 Aug 2014

References

  • Liang S, Wei X, Gong C, Wei J, Chen Z, Deng J. A disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) gene polymorphisms and the risk of asthma: a meta-analysis. Hum Immunol 2013;74:648–657
  • Brown V, Warke TJ, Shields MD, Ennis M. T cell cytokine profiles in childhood asthma. Thorax 2003;58:311–316
  • Mazzarella G, Bianco A, Catena E, De Palma R, Abbate GF. Th1/Th2 lymphocyte polarization in asthma. Allergy 2000;55:6–9
  • Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG, van Ree R. Allergy, parasites, and the hygiene hypothesis. Science 2002;296:490–494
  • Teixeira LK, Fonseca BP, Barboza BA, Viola JP. The role of interferon-gamma on immune and allergic responses. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2005;100:137–144
  • Kauffmann F, Dizier MH, Annesi-Maesano I, Bousquet J, Charpin D, Demenais F, Ecochard D, et al. EGEA (epidemiological study on the genetics and environment of asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and atopy) – descriptive characteristics. Clin Exp Allergy 1999;29:17–21
  • Holgate, ST. Genetic and environmental interaction in allergy and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999;104:1139–1146
  • Hakonarson H, Bjornsdottir US, Ostermann E, Arnason T, Adalsteinsdottir AE, Halapi E, Shkolny D, et al. Allelic frequencies and patterns of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes for asthma and atopy in Iceland. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;164:2036–2044
  • Haagerup A, Bjerke T, Schiøtz PO, Binderup HG, Dahl R, Kruse TA. Asthma and atopy – a total genome scan for susceptibility genes. Allergy 2002;57:680–686
  • Yokouchi Y, Nukaga Y, Shibasaki M, Noguchi E, Kimura K, Ito S, Nishihara M, et al. Significant evidence for linkage of mite-sensitive childhood asthma to chromosome 5q31-q33 near the interleukin 12 B locus by a genome-wide search in Japanese families. Genomics 2000;66:152–160
  • Malerba G, Lauciello MC, Scherpbier T, Trabetti E, Galavotti R, Cusin V, Pescollderungg L, et al. Linkage analysis of chromosome 12 markers in Italian families with atopic asthmatic children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:1587–1590
  • Raby BA, Silverman EK, Lazarus R, Lange C, Kwiatkowski DJ, Weiss ST. Chromosome 12q harbors multiple genetic loci related to asthma and asthma-related phenotypes. Hum Mol Genet 2003;12:1973–1979
  • Ober C, Yao TC. The genetics of asthma and allergic disease: a 21st century perspective. Immunol Rev 2011;242:10–30
  • Hakonarson H, Bjornsdottir US, Halapi E, Palsson S, Adalsteinsdottir E, Gislason D, Finnbogason G, et al. A major susceptibility gene for asthma maps to chromosome 14q24. Am J Hum Genet 2002;71:483–491
  • Hayden C, Pereira E, Rye P, Palmer L, Gibson N, Palenque M, Hagel I, et al. Mutation screening of interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) as a candidate gene for asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 1997;27:1412–1416
  • Nakao F, Ihara K, Kusuhara K, Sasaki Y, Kinukawa N, Takabayashi A, Nishima S, Hara T. Association of IFN-gamma and IFN regulatory factor 1 polymorphisms with childhood atopic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;107:499–504
  • LI ZF, Lu JH, Li JR, Sun XF, Liao BP. Association between childhood asthma and the interferon gamma polymorphism gene. Chin J Birth Health Heredity 2006;14:22–23
  • Rad IA, Bagheri M, Rahimi-Rad MH, Moradi Z. IFN-γ +874 and IL-4 -590 polymorphisms and asthma susceptibility in North West of Iran. Tananffos 2010;9:22–27
  • Mantel N, Haenszel W. Statistical aspects of the analysis of data from retrospective studies of disease. J Natl Cancer Inst 1959;22:719–748
  • DerSimonian R, Kacker R. Random-effects model for meta-analysis of clinical trials: an update. Contemp Clin Trials 2007;28:105–114
  • Higgins JP, Thompson SG. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. Stat Med 2002;21:1539–1558
  • Paul SR, Donner A. Small sample performance of tests of homogeneity of odds ratios in K 2 x 2 tables. Stat Med 1992;11:159–165
  • Egger M, Davey Smith G, Schneider M, Minder C. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. BMJ 1997;315:629–634
  • Li Y, Wu B, Xiong H, Zhu C, Zhang L. Polymorphisms of STAT-6, STAT-4 and IFN-gamma genes and the risk of asthma in Chinese population. Respir Med 2007;101:1977–1981
  • Hussein YM, Ahmad AS, Ibrahem MM, El Tarhouny SA, Shalaby SM, Elshal AS, El Said M. Interferon gamma gene polymorphism as a biochemical marker in Egyptian atopic patients. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2009;19:292–298
  • Jiao GW, Liu XM, Ma YX. Association between bronchial asthma and the interferon gamma +874(A/T) gene polymorphism. J Harbin Med Univ 2011;45:243–246
  • Huang HR, Zhong YQ, Wu JF. The association between IFN-gamma and IL-4 genetic polymorphisms and childhood susceptibility to bronchial asthma. Gene 2012;494:96–101
  • Pravica V, Perrey C, Stevens A, Lee JH, Hutchinson IV. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the first intron of the human IFN-gamma gene: absolute correlation with a polymorphic CA microsatellite marker of high IFN-gamma production. Hum Immunol 2000;61:863–866
  • Nurse B, Haus M, Puterman AS, Weinberg EG, Potter PC. Reduced interferon-gamma but normal IL-4 and IL-5 release by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Xhosa children with atopic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;100:662–668
  • Daneshmandi S, Pourfathollah AA, Pourpak Z, Heidarnazhad H, Kalvanagh PA. Cytokine gene polymorphism and asthma susceptibility, progress and control level. Mol Biol Rep 2012;39:1845–1853
  • Loisel DA, Tan Z, Tisler CJ, Evans MD, Gangnon RE, Jackson DJ, Gern JE, et al. IFNG genotype and sex interact to influence risk of childhood asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;128:524–531
  • Nagarkatti R, Rao BC, Rishi JP, Chetiwal R, Shandilya V, Vijayan V, Kumar R, et al. Association of IFNG gene polymorphism with asthma in the Indian population. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002;110:410–412
  • Shao C, Suzuki Y, Kamada F, Kanno K, Tamari M, Hasegawa K, Aoki Y, et al. Linkage and association of childhood asthma with the chromosome 12 genes. J Hum Genet 2004;49:115–122

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.