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Cytokine

Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2000, Pages 819-821
Cytokine

Short Communication
DIFFERENCES IN THE GENOTYPES AND PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF THE INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN BLACK AND WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN ASTHMATICS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS

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Abstract

The allelic frequency of a variable tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in intron 2 of the IL-1 Ra gene was studied in black and white patients with asthma as well as control individuals. The plasma IL-1 Ra concentration was also determined in asthmatics and compared to control individuals. The 410-bp allele of the IL-1 Ra was significantly increased in all black subjects (90%) as compared to all white subjects (74%, P<0.0001), while the 240-bp allele was significantly reduced in all black subjects (11%) as compared to all white subjects (27%, P<0.0001). There was no difference in the frequency of the VNTR of the IL-1 Ra between black asthmatics and black controls and between white asthmatics and white controls. The IL-1 Ra levels were significantly increased in black and white patients with severe or moderate asthma as compared to patients with mild asthma. Increased plasma concentrations of the IL-1 Ra was found to be associated with disease severity in all asthmatic patients.

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Correspondence to: M.-C. Gaillard, Department of Medicine University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa; E-mail:[email protected]

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