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MYLK Polymorphism Associated with Blood Eosinophil Level among Asthmatic Patients in a Korean Population  

Lee, Soo Ok (Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc.)
Cheong, Hyun Sub (Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc.)
Park, Byung Lae (Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc.)
Bae, Joon Seol (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Sim, Won Chul (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Chun, Ji-Yong (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Isbat, Mohammad (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Uh, Soo-Taek (Asthma Genome Research Group (Soonchunhyang University Bucheon, Seoul, and Chunan Hospitals), Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital)
Kim, Yong Hooun (Asthma Genome Research Group (Soonchunhyang University Bucheon, Seoul, and Chunan Hospitals), Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital)
Jang, An-Soo (Asthma Genome Research Group (Soonchunhyang University Bucheon, Seoul, and Chunan Hospitals), Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital)
Park, Choon-Sik (Asthma Genome Research Group (Soonchunhyang University Bucheon, Seoul, and Chunan Hospitals), Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital)
Shin, Hyoung Doo (Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc.)
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Molecules and Cells / v.27, no.2, 2009 , pp. 175-181 More about this Journal
Abstract
The myosin light chain kinase (MYLK) gene encodes both smooth muscle and nonmuscle cell isoforms. Recently, polymorphisms in MYLK have been reported to be associated with several diseases. To examine the genetic effects of polymorphisms on the risk of asthma and related phenotypes, we scrutinized MYLK by re-sequencing/genotyping and statistical analysis in Korean population (n = 1,015). Seventeen common polymorphisms located in or near exons, having pairwise $r^2$ values less than 0.25, were genotyped. Our statistical analysis did not replicate the associations with the risk of asthma and log-transformed total IgE levels observed among African descendant populations. However, two SNPs in intron 16 (+89872C> G and +92263T> C), which were in tight LD (|D'| = 0.99), revealed significant association with log-transformed blood eosinophil level even after correction multiple testing ($P=0.002/P^{corr}=0.01$ and $P=0.002/P^{corr}=0.01$, respectively). The log-transformed blood eosinophil levels were higher in individuals bearing the minor alleles for +89872C> G and +92263T> C than in those bearing other allele. In additional subgroup analysis, the genetic effects of both SNPs were much more apparent among asthmatic patients and atopic asthma patients. Among atopic asthma patients, the log-transformed blood eosinophil levels were proportionally increased by gene-dose dependent manner of in both +89872C> G and +92263T> C(P = 0.0002 and P = 0.00007, respectively). These findings suggest that MYLK polymorphisms might be among the genetic factors underlying differential increases of blood eosinophil levels among asthmatic patients. Further biological and/or functional studies are needed to confirm our results.
Keywords
Asthma; Eosinophil; myosin light chain kinase; polymorphism;
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