Lack of Association between STAT4 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Iranian Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. 2017

Saeed Aslani, and Mahdi Mahmoudi, and Arash Salmaninejad, and Shiva Poursani, and Vahid Ziaee, and Nima Rezaei
a Rheumatology Research Center , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a common chronic systemic autoimmune disease in children. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) gene are suspected to have association with the risk of autoimmune diseases. Previous investigations have indicated that the STAT4 rs7574865 T allele was significantly associated with rheumatoid arthritis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association of STAT4 SNPs with JRA in Iranian population. T allele of STAT4 rs7574865 SNP was less frequent in patients than in controls, and the difference was not significant (p = 0.19, OR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.44 -1.17). In addition, G allele of this SNP was frequent but not significant in JRA patients (p = 0.19, OR = 1.38, 95% CI: 0.85-2.25). Neither alleles nor genotypes of rs7601754 SNP of STAT4 gene demonstrated associations with JRA. We recognize that gene variants of STAT4 did not affect JRA susceptibility in Iranian population.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007492 Iran A country bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. The capital is Tehran. Islamic Republic of Iran
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D005787 Gene Frequency The proportion of one particular in the total of all ALLELES for one genetic locus in a breeding POPULATION. Allele Frequency,Genetic Equilibrium,Equilibrium, Genetic,Allele Frequencies,Frequencies, Allele,Frequencies, Gene,Frequency, Allele,Frequency, Gene,Gene Frequencies
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D006239 Haplotypes The genetic constitution of individuals with respect to one member of a pair of allelic genes, or sets of genes that are closely linked and tend to be inherited together such as those of the MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX. Haplotype
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001171 Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis in children, with onset before 16 years of age. The terms juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refer to classification systems for chronic arthritis in children. Only one subtype of juvenile arthritis (polyarticular-onset, rheumatoid factor-positive) clinically resembles adult rheumatoid arthritis and is considered its childhood equivalent. Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic,Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic,Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid,Childhood Arthritis,PCJIA,PJIA Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Still's Disease, Juvenile-Onset,Enthesitis-Related Arthritis, Juvenile,Juvenile Chronic Arthritis,Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,Juvenile-Onset Still Disease,Juvenile-Onset Stills Disease,Oligoarthritis, Juvenile,Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Negative,Polyarthritis, Juvenile, Rheumatoid Factor Positive,Psoriatic Arthritis, Juvenile,Still Disease, Juvenile-Onset,Systemic Arthritis, Juvenile,Arthritides, Childhood,Arthritis, Childhood,Arthritis, Juvenile Enthesitis-Related,Arthritis, Juvenile Psoriatic,Arthritis, Juvenile Systemic,Childhood Arthritides,Chronic Arthritis, Juvenile,Enthesitis Related Arthritis, Juvenile,Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile,Juvenile Arthritis,Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Arthritis,Juvenile Oligoarthritis,Juvenile Onset Still Disease,Juvenile Onset Stills Disease,Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis,Juvenile Systemic Arthritis,Juvenile-Onset Still's Disease,Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile,Still Disease, Juvenile Onset,Still's Disease, Juvenile Onset,Stills Disease, Juvenile-Onset

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