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  • Title: Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in interleukin-12A and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Author: Wang EY, Liang WB, Zhang L.
    Journal: DNA Cell Biol; 2012 Sep; 31(9):1475-9. PubMed ID: 22734699.
    Abstract:
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow obstruction due to chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and/or disease of small airways. It has been reported that the genetic variation may play a role in the development and severity of COPD. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in interleukin (IL)-12A and IL-12B were associated with COPD in a Chinese population. The IL-12A rs2243115 and IL-12B rs3212227 polymorphisms were genotyped by performing polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism in 298 patients with COPD and 346 healthy controls. We observed that the frequencies of GT and GT+GG of IL-12A rs2243115 were significantly different from TT in the COPD group and the control group (GT vs. TT: odds ratio [OR]=2.35, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.55-3.57, p<0.001; GT+GG vs. TT: OR=2.46, 95% CI=1.63-3.71, p<0.001). These data suggest that the IL-12A rs2243115 polymorphism may contribute to genetic susceptibility to COPD in a Chinese population.
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