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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
CD4 is a candidate gene in autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), because the CD4 receptor is crucial for appropriate antigen responses of CD4(+) T cells. We previously found linkage between a CD4-1188(TTTTC)(5-14) promoter polymorphism and T1DM. In the present study, we screened the human CD4 promoter for mutations and identified three frequent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): CD4-181C/G, CD4-521C/G and CD4-1050T/C. The SNPs are in strong linkage disequilibrium (LD) and association with the CD4-1188(TTTTC)(5-14) alleles, and we observed nine CD4 promoter haplotypes, of which four are frequent. We genotyped the SNPs in 253 Danish T1DM families (1129 individuals) and found evidence for linkage and association of a CD4 (A4(-1188)T(-1050)G(-521)C(-181)) haplotype to T1DM. In reporter studies, we show that (1) the T1DM-associated CD4 haplotype encodes high constitutive promoter activity and (2) the CD4-181G variant encodes higher stimulated promoter activity than the CD4-181C variant. This difference is in part neutralized in the frequently occurring CD4 promoter haplotypes by the more upstream genetic variants. Thus, we report functional impact of a novel CD4-181C/G SNP on stimulated CD4 promoter activity and the identification of a novel CD4 haplotype with high constitutive promoter activity that is linked and associated with T1DM.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0300-9475
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
582-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Denmark, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15182254-Tandem Repeat Sequences
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a type 1 diabetes-associated CD4 promoter haplotype with high constitutive activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't