Korean J Dermatol.
2002 May;40(5):488-495.
Expression of Genetic Polymorphism of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and Tumor Necrosis Factor-beta (TNF-beta) in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. PAULDERMA@yahoo.co.kr
- 2Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease. Atopic dermatitis is associated with increased IL-4, IL-5, IL-10 and IL-13 but decreased INF-gamma and TNF production. IL-10 production has been implicated in autoimmunity because of its effect on B-cell proliferation and antibody production. The study of IL-10 gene polymorphism is of interest because of the pivotal role of IL-10 in the regulation of inflammatory and immune responses. TNF-beta significantly upregulates INF-gamma but downregulates IL-5, IL-13 and IgE, which suggests a potential role of TNF-beta in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis.
OBJECTIVES
We have investigated polymorphism of IL-10 promoter gene and TNF-beta gene.
METHODS
Seventy one patients with atopic dermatitis and one hundred and sixty six normal subjects participated in this study with analysis of polymorphism of IL-10 promoter (-1082), (-819) gene and seventy one patients with atopic dermatitis and one hundred and forty one normal subjects participated in the analysis of polymorphism of TNF-beta gene. The patients in this study were recently diagnosed with atopic dermatitis.
RESULTS
The frequency of IL-10 promoter (-1082) genotypes (A/A, A/G, G/G), genes (A, G), IL-10 promoter (-819) genotypes (T/T, T/C, C/C) and genes (T, C) did not show any significant difference between atopic dermatitis patients and normal controls. There was no significant difference in the frequency of TNFB genotypes (TNFB*1/TNFB*1, TNFB*1/TNFB*2, TNFB*2/TNFB*2) and genes (TNFB*1, TNFB*2) in patients of atopic dermatitis and normal controls.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that the other regions of the IL-10 promoter gene and TNFB gene should be investigated for polymorphism of atopic dermatitis. And the difference of IL-10 promoter and TNFB gene polymorphism between caucasian and Korean needs to be evaluated.
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