Isha, Chauhan and Lekshmy, Srinivas and Sanish, Sathyan and Moinak , Banerjee (2013) Association of Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms with Oral Lichen Planus in Malayalam-Speaking Ethnicity from South India (Kerala). Journal of interferon & cytokine research, 33 (8). pp. 420-427. ISSN 1557-7465

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Abstract

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic mucocutaneous condition that affects the oral mucous membrane as well as skin. It is a chronic cell-mediated autoimmune condition where the T-cell-mediated immune response plays an important part in the pathogenesis by causing damage to basal keratinocytes in oral mucosa. Cytokine gene polymorphisms have an unquestionable role in the orchestration of the immune response, leading to different functional scenarios, which in turn influence the outcome of the disease establishment and evolution. The purpose of this study was to understand the role of these cytokine gene polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and IL-6 genes with OLP in 101 individuals of Malayalam-speaking ethnicity from South India (Kerala). We further investigated the role of these polymorphisms in patients suffering from OLP with other comorbid factors. Genotyping was carried out by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The results demonstrate that the A allele in the TNF-α -308 polymorphism could play an important role in the susceptibility to OLP. IL-1β +3954 in OLP was associated with other comorbid factors in both allelic and genotypic combinations. However, when patients suffering from OLP were stratified to understand the involvement of other comorbid factors, we observed that the T and C alleles were independent risk factors for chronic periodontitits and diabetes mellitus. On the other hand, IL-6 -597 did not show any disease association with OLP in the study population. This study indicates that proinflammatory cytokines are an important factor in understanding the disease burden of OLP and their comorbid factors.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Human Molecular Genetics
Depositing User:	Central Library RGCB
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2017 04:25
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2017 04:25
URI:	http://rgcb.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/176

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