1. Sequencing of the IL6 gene in a case–control study of cerebral palsy in children
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Yvonne W. Wu, Sergio E. Baranzini, Lisa A. Croen, Britt A. Johnson, Pouya Khankhanian, Lohith Madireddy, and Dorothee Nickles
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Sanger sequencing ,Amniotic fluid ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,Biology ,Bioinformatics ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Linkage Disequilibrium ,Frameshift mutation ,Cerebral palsy ,Pathogenesis ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,0302 clinical medicine ,Haplotype ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,SNP ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genetics(clinical) ,Frameshift Mutation ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Genetics (clinical) ,030304 developmental biology ,IL-6 ,0303 health sciences ,Interleukin-6 ,Cerebral Palsy ,medicine.disease ,Haplotypes ,Case-Control Studies ,symbols ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article - Abstract
Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of nonprogressive disorders of movement and posture caused by abnormal development of, or damage to, motor control centers of the brain. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs1800795, in the promoter region of the interleukin-6 (IL6) gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of CP by mediating IL-6 protein levels in amniotic fluid and cord plasma and within brain lesions. This SNP has been associated with other neurological, vascular, and malignant processes as well, often as part of a haplotype block. Methods To refine the regional genetic association with CP, we sequenced (Sanger) the IL6 gene and part of the promoter region in 250 infants with CP and 305 controls. Results We identified a haplotype of 7 SNPs that includes rs1800795. In a recessive model of inheritance, the variant haplotype conferred greater risk (OR = 4.3, CI = [2.0-10.1], p = 0.00007) than did the lone variant at rs1800795 (OR = 2.5, CI = [1.4-4.6], p = 0.002). The risk haplotype contains one SNP (rs2069845, CI = [1.2-4.3], OR = 2.3, p = 0.009) that disrupts a methylation site. Conclusions The risk haplotype identified in this study overlaps with previously identified haplotypes that include additional promoter SNPs. A risk haplotype at the IL6 gene likely confers risk to CP, and perhaps other diseases, via a multi-factorial mechanism.
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- 2013