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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
Volume 115, Issue 1, Pages 125-130Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.03109.x
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ITP; Fc-gamma IIA; Fc-gamma IIIA; polymorphism; therapeutic response
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Clearance of auto antibody-sensitized platelets through Fc gamma receptors on phagocytic cells is one of the main mechanisms of thrombocytopenia in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We examined the Fc gamma RIIA-131R/H and Fc gamma RIIA-158V/F polymorphisms in 104 adult chronic ITP patients, and in 59 healthy control subjects using polymerase chain reaction-based allele-specific restriction analysis. The frequency of Fc gamma RIIA genotypes (131H/H, H/R, R/R) was not significantly different between patients and controls, and did not correlate with the responsiveness to treatment. In contrast, among Fc gamma RIIIA genotypes, frequency of 158F/F homotype was smaller in ITP (P<0.05). Furthermore, in FcRIIIA-158V/V homotype, the complete remission (CR) rate with medication (treatment with corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive agents) was significantly higher (60%) than that in 158V/F (10%) or 158V/F plus 158F/F, (P<0.01, P<0.05). Conversely, the CR rate after splenectomy in 158F/F and 158V/F types (64.3% and 54.6%) was higher than in 158V/V (25%). Our results indicate that the polymorphism of Fe gamma RIIIA, but not Fc gamma RIIA, influences the response to treatment in ITP.
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