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Liu B, Liu W, Wang R, Shu Q, Zhang X, Fan X, Zhang Q, Liang X, Ma C, Gao L. Promoter polymorphisms of the TIM-4 gene are correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Int J Immunogenet 2017; 44:122-128. [PMID: 28371471 DOI: 10.1111/iji.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Although the TIM gene family plays important roles in immune responses, little is known about TIM regulation in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study aimed to investigate the association of two TIM-4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs6874202 (-1419G>A) and rs62382402 (-1609G>A) with SLE susceptibility in a Chinese Han population. The results showed no significant differences between patients with SLE and control group for rs6874202 and rs62382402 (p = .72, .53 respectively). However, the anti-dsDNA levels in serum from SLE patients with GG genotype of TIM-4 gene at -1419 site were significantly higher than those with GA and AA genotype (p = .0335), and C3 levels of SLE patients with GG and GA genotype were much lower than those with AA genotypes (p = .0187). Moreover, the apoptotic cell levels of SLE patients with AA and GG genotypes were significantly higher than those with GA genotypes in patients with SLE (p = .0393). In addition, the C3 concentration of SLE patients with the GG genotype of TIM-4 gene at -1609 site was found to be significantly higher than those with the GA genotype (p = .0129). The results imply that GG genotype of the TIM-4 gene at -1419 site might be associated with the disease activity of SLE.
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- B Liu
- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China.,Internal Medicine department ward 19, Fuding Hospital, Fuding, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Rheumatism, Qilu Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Quality Control, Jinan Blood Centre of Shandong Province, Jinan, China
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- Medical Research and Laboratory Diagnostic Center, Jinan Central Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China
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Bruni C, Praino E, Guiducci S, Bellando-Randone S, Furst DE, Matucci-Cerinic M. Hydroxychloroquine and joint involvement in systemic sclerosis: Preliminary beneficial results from a retrospective case-control series of an EUSTAR center. Joint Bone Spine 2016; 84:747-748. [PMID: 27932280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Cosimo Bruni
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Bari, Piazzale Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, 405, Hilgard Eve, 90095 Los Angeles (CA), USA
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 18, 50134 Florence, Italy
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Doria A, Gershwin ME, Selmi C. From old concerns to new advances and personalized medicine in lupus: The end of the tunnel is approaching. J Autoimmun 2016; 74:1-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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