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  • Title: Interleukin-18 gene 105A/C genetic polymorphism is associated with the susceptibility of Kawasaki disease.
    Author: Chen SY, Wan L, Huang YC, Sheu JJ, Lan YC, Lai CH, Lin CW, Chang JS, Tsai Y, Liu SP, Lin YJ, Tsai FJ.
    Journal: J Clin Lab Anal; 2009; 23(2):71-6. PubMed ID: 19288449.
    Abstract:
    Interleukin-18 (IL-18)-656T/G, -607A/C, and -137C/G promoter polymorphisms had been reported associated with Kawasaki disease (KD). An IL-18 genetic A/C polymorphism at coding position 105 (rs549908) has been linked with asthma, rheumatoid, and systemic lupus erythematosus. We tested a hypothesis that the IL-18 105A/C genetic polymorphism confers KD susceptibility. Study participants were Taiwanese KD patients and a healthy control group. Our data indicated that the frequency of C allele was significantly higher in the patient group (13.9%) than in the control group (2.7%; P<0.0001, odds ratio [OR]=5.93; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.57-13.73). Therefore, persons with the C allele may have higher risk of developing KD. In addition, compared with the haplotype frequencies between case and control groups, the KD patients with TACC haplotype appeared to be a significant "at-risk" haplotype compared with other haplotypes (OR: 4.62, 95% CI: 1.71-12.43; P=0.001). KD patient with the TAGA haplotype appeared to be a significant "protective" haplotype compared with other haplotypes (OR: 0.51, 95% CI:0.29-0.89; P=0.017). Our results suggest that 105A/C polymorphism and the haplotypes in IL-18 gene are associated with the risk of KD in Taiwanese population.
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