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Tumour necrosis factor alpha (-238 and -308) and beta gene polymorphisms in pulmonary tuberculosis: haplotype analysis with HLA-A, B and DR genes.
Tuberculosis 2001
SETTING: A study of tumour necrosis factor alpha and beta (TNFalpha and beta) gene polymorphism and haplotype analysis with HLA in pulmonary tuberculosis.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether TNFalpha (-238 and -308) and TNFbeta (Nco I polymorphism in intron 2) genes either alone or in combination with human leucocyte antigens (HLA) as haplotypes afford susceptibility or resistance to pulmonary tuberculosis as well as bacteriological relapse of the disease.
DESIGN: Tumour necrosis factor alpha -238, -308 (TNFalpha -238, -308) and TNFbeta (Nco I) gene polymorphisms were carried out in HLA-A,B and DR typed pulmonary tuberculosis patients (n=210) and 120 normal healthy control subjects.
RESULTS: No difference in the genotype frequencies of TNFalpha-238 and -308 and TNFbeta was seen between control subjects and pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Of the HLA-TNF haplotypes analysed, the infrequent allele (A) of TNFalpha238 was in strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA-A1 (P corrected: Pc=0.001), B17 (Pc<0.0001) and DR7 (Pc=0.01) in control subjects and with B17 (Pc<0.0001) in pulmonary tuberculosis. The infrequent allele 2 of TNFalpha-308 and the infrequent allele 2 of TNFbeta were in strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B21. An increased haplotype frequency of HLA-B17-TNFalpha-238/A (P=0.05), B17-TNFalpha308/2 (P=0.03) and B17-TNFalpha308/2 (P=0.01) was observed in bacteriological relapse patients than quiescent patients.
CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that TNFalpha (-238 and -308) and TNFbeta gene variants are not associated independently with the susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. However, in combination with the HLA genes/gene products such as HLA-A1, B17, B21 and DR7, the TNFalpha and beta genes as haplotypes are associated with protection against the disease as well as an increased susceptibility to bacteriological relapse.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether TNFalpha (-238 and -308) and TNFbeta (Nco I polymorphism in intron 2) genes either alone or in combination with human leucocyte antigens (HLA) as haplotypes afford susceptibility or resistance to pulmonary tuberculosis as well as bacteriological relapse of the disease.
DESIGN: Tumour necrosis factor alpha -238, -308 (TNFalpha -238, -308) and TNFbeta (Nco I) gene polymorphisms were carried out in HLA-A,B and DR typed pulmonary tuberculosis patients (n=210) and 120 normal healthy control subjects.
RESULTS: No difference in the genotype frequencies of TNFalpha-238 and -308 and TNFbeta was seen between control subjects and pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Of the HLA-TNF haplotypes analysed, the infrequent allele (A) of TNFalpha238 was in strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA-A1 (P corrected: Pc=0.001), B17 (Pc<0.0001) and DR7 (Pc=0.01) in control subjects and with B17 (Pc<0.0001) in pulmonary tuberculosis. The infrequent allele 2 of TNFalpha-308 and the infrequent allele 2 of TNFbeta were in strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B21. An increased haplotype frequency of HLA-B17-TNFalpha-238/A (P=0.05), B17-TNFalpha308/2 (P=0.03) and B17-TNFalpha308/2 (P=0.01) was observed in bacteriological relapse patients than quiescent patients.
CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that TNFalpha (-238 and -308) and TNFbeta gene variants are not associated independently with the susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. However, in combination with the HLA genes/gene products such as HLA-A1, B17, B21 and DR7, the TNFalpha and beta genes as haplotypes are associated with protection against the disease as well as an increased susceptibility to bacteriological relapse.
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