Abstract | PROBLEM: METHODS OF STUDY: The IL-6 -634C/G and ICAM-1 469K/E genotypes were determined in 202 patients with endometriosis and 236 control women by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS: There were no differences in the IL-6 -634C/G or the ICAM-1 469K/E genotypes and allele frequencies between control women and endometriosis patients collectively, or between control women and each clinical subgroup of endometriosis patients. Interestingly, the frequency of ICAM-1 EE homozygotes who concomitantly carried the IL-6 -634G allele was significantly higher in patients with endometriosis (chi(2) = 6.458, P = 0.0396, d.f. = 2). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the IL-6 -634C/G and ICAM-1 469K/E polymorphisms synergistically affect the susceptibility for endometriosis in the Japanese population.
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Authors | Jo Kitawaki, Miyo Kiyomizu, Hiroshi Obayashi, Mitsuhiro Ohta, Hiroaki Ishihara, Goji Hasegawa, Naoto Nakamura, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Hideo Honjo |
Journal | American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)
(Am J Reprod Immunol)
Vol. 56
Issue 4
Pg. 267-74
(Oct 2006)
ISSN: 1046-7408 [Print] Denmark |
PMID | 16938116
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Interleukin-6
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
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Topics |
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Endometriosis
(genetics)
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
(genetics)
- Interleukin-6
(genetics)
- Japan
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Risk
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