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. 2003 Oct;30(5):329-33.
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00411.x.

The interleukin-25 gene located in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) 4 region: no association with inflammatory bowel disease

C Büning  1 , J Genschel, R Weltrich, H Lochs, H Schmidt
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The interleukin-25 gene located in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) 4 region: no association with inflammatory bowel disease

C Büning et al. Eur J Immunogenet. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Genetic predisposition has been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Linkage studies have identified a Crohn's disease susceptibility locus on chromosome 14 (14q11-12; IBD4). Interleukin-25 (IL-25) is a newly identified proinflammatory cytokine that has been shown to promote Th2 responses by inducing cytokines such as IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13. The IL-25 gene is located within this susceptibility region at 14q11.2. As IBDs are characterized by an imbalance of the Th1/Th2 cytokine response, we hypothesized that genetic alterations within the IL-25 gene might contribute to IBD. First, direct sequencing of the coding regions of the IL-25 gene in 40 patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis revealed only a newly reported polymorphism (c424C/A) in exon 2. Next, the frequency of this polymorphism was further investigated in 151 patients with Crohn's disease, 111 patients with ulcerative colitis, and 119 healthy controls to determine its clinical relevance. The genotypes of the c424C/A polymorphism did not reveal any significant differences between patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and controls. Genoytype-phenotype relations in patients with Crohn's disease showed a comparable distribution of the c424C/A polymorphism in all subgroups of the Vienna classification. In summary, our data indicate that genetic alterations in the coding regions of the IL-25 gene are unlikely to play a role in IBDs, but the c424C/A polymorphism in the IL-25 gene should be investigated for a potential association with other chronic inflammatory and inherited disorders such as autoimmune diseases.

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