Abstract |
BTNL2 gene, a MHC class II gene-linked butyrophilin family member, has been recently associated with the inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as tuberculosis, sarcoidosis and leprosy. This diseases show phenotypic features of granulomatous disease. Multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms in BTNL2 have been investigated as a candidate gene for tuberculosis in a case-control association study in the South African Coloured population. But, no significant association was detected between any of the polymorphisms investigated and TB, including rs2076530 SNP that was previously found to be associated with sarcoidosis. In this study, we genotyped 6 SNPs using SNaPshot in 286 tuberculosis cases and 608 controls in Chinese. Our genetic study revealed a significant association between the rs3763313, rs9268494, rs9268492 SNPs in the BTNL2 gene and tuberculosis. And haplotypes 1-5, and 8 (C-A-G-T-G-A, C-A-G-T-G-G, C-A-T-G-C-A, C-A-T-G-C-G, and C-G-T-G-C-G, T-A-T-G-C-A) presented a significant association with susceptibility to tuberculosis. We found that BTNL2 gene was linked to tuberculosis in Chinese Han population.
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Authors | Yuanyuan Lian, Jun Yue, Ming Han, Jianfang Liu, Lirong Liu |
Journal | Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
(Infect Genet Evol)
Vol. 10
Issue 4
Pg. 517-21
(May 2010)
ISSN: 1567-7257 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 20176143
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- BTNL2 protein, human
- Butyrophilins
- Membrane Glycoproteins
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Topics |
- Adult
- Butyrophilins
- Case-Control Studies
- Chi-Square Distribution
- China
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
(genetics)
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- South Africa
- Tuberculosis
(genetics)
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