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Original Article

Letter
Evidence of Association between FKBP1B and Thyroid Autoimmune Disorders in a Large Tunisian Family

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Pages 237-239 | Received 26 Nov 2003, Accepted 18 Mar 2004, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

FKBP1B belongs to immunophilins superfamily and functions as a cytosolic receptor protein of FK506. The role of FKBP1B in the immunosuppressive pathway of FK506 is well established. Previously, we reported a strong evidence of linkage between D2S171 microsatellite marker (located in vicinity of FKBP1B gene) and susceptibility to autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). In this study, we report linkage disequilibrium between the dimorphism (C/T) in the 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) of FKBP1B gene and susceptibility to AITDs.

DNAs were extracted from a large Tunisian family affected with Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and analysed by PCR–RFLP using DraIII restriction enzyme. Our results showed an excess of transmission of the allele C from heterozygous parents to affected offspring (transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)=4.76; p=0.012). This suggests a linkage disequilibrium of 3′ UTR (C/T) SNP with AITDs. Moreover, The FBAT analysis gives a significant association with the C allele under the recessive model (χ2=5.50; p=0.018). These results support the involvement of FKBP1B gene in the genetic susceptibility to the AITDs development in the studied family.

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