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The interleukin-1 RN polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of duodenal ulcer.

Hsu PI, Li CN, Tseng HH, Lai KH, Hsu PN, Lo GH, Lo CC, Yeh JJ, Ger LP, Hsiao M, Yamaoka Y, Hwang IR, Chen A

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

BACKGROUND: The host genetic factors that determine the clinical outcomes for Helicobacter pylori-infected individuals remain unclear. AIMS: To elucidate the relations among interleukin-1 locus polymorphisms, and H. pylori infection in the development of duodenal ulcers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a case-control study involving 168 control subjects and 147 patients with duodenal ulcer, biallelic polymorphisms of two interleukin-1 loci, IL-1B(-511) and IL-1B(+3954), as well as the penta-allelic variable number of tandem repeats of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist IL-1RN, were genotyped, and the H. pylori states of controls and patients were examined. RESULTS: Helicobacter pylori infection, male gender and the carriage of IL-1RN*2 independently increased the risk of duodenal ulcer with odds ratios of 6.4 (95% confidence interval, 3.7-11.0), 1.9 (95% confidence interval, 1.1-3.4) and 2.7 (95% confidence interval, 1.1-6.8), respectively. Statistical analysis revealed an interaction between IL-1RN*2 and H. pylori infection with the duodenal ulcer risk conferred by the H. pylori infection substantially increased (odds ratios, 22.6; 95% confidence interval, 5.9-86.5) by the carriage of IL-1RN*2. In addition, a synergistic interaction between IL-1RN*2 and blood group O existed. The combined risk of H. pylori infection, the carriage of IL-1RN*2 and blood group O for duodenal ulcer was 27.5 (95% confidence interval, 3.1-243.6). CONCLUSIONS: This work is the first to verify IL-1RN*2 as an independent factor that governs the development of duodenal ulcers. Our data indicate that H. pylori infection and IL-1RN*2 synergistically determine susceptibility to duodenal ulcer. The blood group phenotype is possibly a crucial determinant for the outcome of the impact of an interleukin-1 locus polymorphism on H. pylori-infected individuals.

Published 21 December 2004 in Helicobacter, 9(6): 605-13.
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