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19014932

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes have been shown to be associated with differential susceptibility or resistance to tuberculosis. The influence of FokI, BsmI, ApaI and TaqI variants of VDR gene on 1, 25(OH)(2) D(3) modulated granzyme A expression of cytotoxic lymphocytes induced by culture filtrate antigen (CFA) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was studied in 40 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients and 49 normal healthy subjects (NHS) by flow cytometry. In both the study groups, addition of 1, 25(OH)(2) D(3) (10(-7)M) significantly reduced the percentage of granzyme A positive cells in both unstimulated (NHS, p<0.0001; PTB, p=0.02) and stimulated culture conditions (CFA, NHS, p<0.0001; PTB, p=0.0001) which correlated positively with the IFN-gamma levels (unstimulated, p=0.01; CFA stimulated, p=0.004) in NHS. The ApaI aa genotype and bbaaTT extended genotype were associated with a significantly decreased percentage of granzyme A positive cells in NHS (p<0.05). Our results suggest that 1, 25(OH)(2) D(3) suppresses granzyme A probably by down-regulating Th1 cytokine response. Moreover, the VDR gene variants might regulate cytotoxic T-cell response via 1, 25(OH)(2) D(3) mediated suppression of granzyme A expression in tuberculosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1096-0945
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulatory role of 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and vitamin D receptor gene variants on intracellular granzyme A expression in pulmonary tuberculosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Mayor V.R. Ramanathan Road, Chennai 600 031, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't