RESEARCH ARTICLE
Association of Interleukin-4 Receptor α Chain I50V Gene Variant (rs1805010) and Asthma in Iranian Population: A Case-control Study
Masouma Mowahedi1, Azam Aramesh2, Mozhgan Sorkhi Khouzani3, Marjan Sorkhi Khouzani3, Saeed Daryanoush2, Mohammad Samet4, Morteza Samadi5, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2024Volume: 18
E-location ID: e18743064266613
Publisher ID: e18743064266613
DOI: 10.2174/0118743064266613231123103523
Article History:
Received Date: 16/07/2023Revision Received Date: 09/09/2023
Acceptance Date: 03/10/2023
Electronic publication date: 30/01/2024
Collection year: 2024
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Abstract
Background
Asthma is one of the respiratory disorders caused by chronic airway inflammation. IL-4 has been identified as one of the participating interleukins in the severity of asthma.
Objective
A case-control study was conducted to determine the association of rs1805010, a single nucleotide polymorphism in the interleukin 4 receptor α chain, with asthma and immunoglobulin E and IL-17A serum levels in Iranian populations.
Methods
ELISA was used to investigate the relationship between three different varieties of SNP I50V and serum IL-17A levels, as well as total IgE levels. Based on GINA criteria, patients were classified into mild, moderate, and severe groups based on the association between SNP I50V, IL-17A, and total IgE. In order to analyze the data, the student-t-test and the one-way ANOVA were used.
Results
The SNP I50V was associated with asthma in a significant way (p = 0.001). IL-17A and total IgE levels were significantly higher in asthmatic patients than in control participants (p 0.05 and p 0.021, respectively), but neither showed any association with SNP I50V in the asthmatic patients.
Conclusion
Asthma patients have a higher prevalence of the I allele, reflecting the significance of Th2 cells. Although total IgE and IL-17A levels increased in both disease subgroups, total IgE level augmentation correlates directly with disease severity, while IL-17A level enhancement does not.
