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JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 135, Issue 6, Pages 1486-U151Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.12.1870
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor; moderate-to-severe allergic rhinitis; Singapore Chinese; neurotrophins; genetic association
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- Singapore Immunology Network [SIgN-06-006, SIgN-08-020, SIgN-10-029]
- National Medical Research Council of Singapore [NMRC/1150/2008]
- Biomedical Research Council, Singapore
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Science Development Funding Agency of Shandong Province, China [2010G0020258]
- National University of Singapore's Graduate Research Scholarship program
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Background: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a secretory protein that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR), atopic asthma, and eczema, but it is currently unknown whether BDNF polymorphisms influence susceptibility to moderate-to-severe AR. Objective: We sought to identify disease associations and the functional effect of BDNF genetic variants in patients with moderate-to-severe AR. Methods: Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning the BDNF gene were selected from the human HapMap Han Chinese from Beijing (CHB) data set, and associations with moderate-to-severe AR were assessed in 2 independent cohorts of Chinese patients (2216 from Shandong province and 1239 living in Singapore). The functional effects of the BDNF genetic variants were determined by using both in vitro and ex vivo assays. Results: The tagging SNP rs10767664 was significantly associated with the risk of moderate-to-severe AR in both Singapore Chinese (P = .0017; odds ratio, 1.324) and Shandong Chinese populations (P = .039; odds ratio, 1.180). The coding nonsynonymous SNP rs6265 was in perfect linkage with rs10767664 and conferred increased BDNF protein secretion by a human cell line in vitro. Subjects bearing the AA genotype of rs10767664 exhibited increased risk of moderate-to-severe AR and displayed increased BDNF protein and total IgE levels in plasma. Using a large-scale expression quantitative trait locus study, we demonstrated that BDNF SNPs are significantly associated with altered BDNF concentrations in peripheral blood. Conclusion: A common genetic variant of the BDNF gene is associated with increased risk of moderate-to-severe AR, and the AA genotype is associated with increased BDNF mRNA levels in peripheral blood. Together, these data indicate that functional BDNF gene variants increase the risk of moderate-to-severe AR.
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