Thude H, Weissenborn S, Vilser C, Müller UA, Kloos C, Wolf G, Beck J, Barz D. No association between transmembrane protein-tyrosine-phosphatase receptor type C (CD45) exon A 77C>G transversion and Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a German population.
Hum Immunol 2009;
71:220-3. [PMID:
19879912 DOI:
10.1016/j.humimm.2009.10.010]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
The CD45 77C>G transversion (rs17612648) in exon A of the CD45 gene has been reported to be associated with the development of various autoimmune diseases. Because Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a typical autoimmune disease, we performed a study to determine the association of the 77C>G transversion with susceptibility to HT. We enrolled 170 patients and 230 healthy individuals in the study. The 77C>G transversion was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-allele specific restriction enzyme analysis (PCR-ASRA). We found four patients and six control individuals who carried the 77C>G transversion in a heterozygous form. No homozygous individual was detected in patients with HT or control population. The frequency of the 77G allele in patients was 1.2%, which did not significantly differ from 1.3% in controls (p = 0.871). Our data did not reveal any association between CD45 77C>G transversion and susceptibility to HT in a German population.
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