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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 263-268.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.03.010

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Association of IL-2-330T/G and IL-6-174G/C polymorphisms with tuberculosis susceptibility: a Meta-analysis

Yan-lin LI(),Liang LI,Xiu-fang TANG,Xiu-juan WU   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, the People’s Hospital of Chongqing Yubei District, Chongqing 401120, China
  • Received:2017-10-14 Online:2018-03-10 Published:2018-05-14
  • Contact: Yan-lin LI E-mail:liyl1206@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the relationship between interleukin-2 (IL-2-330T/G) and interleukin-6 (IL-6-174G/C) gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB).Methods Relevant English and Chinese publications were identified by a literature search in the PubMed, Medline, EMBase, Web of Science, Elsevier Science Direct, Wanfang Data, CNKI and Weipu databases from January 1990 to June 2017. Two investigators screened 573 articles, and 12 articles were finally included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Meta-analysis was performed on the original data by using Stata 12.0.Results In all, eight studies containing 971 cases and 1519 controls were used to assess the potential influence of the IL-2-330T/G polymorphism with TB susceptibility. This Meta-analysis indicates that the TB risk in Europeans with gene T was 45% lower than those with gene G (T vs. G: OR=0.55, 95%CI=0.31-0.98, P=0.042). As for IL-6-174G/C, nine studies containing 1445 cases and 1955 controls were involved. The TB risk in Americans with gene G was 1.65 times higher than those with gene C (G vs. C: OR=1.65, 95%CI=1.28-2.13, P<0.01), and the TB risk in Asians with gene G was 1.4 times higher than those with gene C (G vs. C: OR=1.40, 95%CI=1.13-1.72, P=0.002).Conclusion This Meta-analysis indicates that the IL-2-330T/G polymorphism is associated with decrease in TB risk in Europeans, and IL-6-174G/C polymorphism is associated with increase in TB risk in Americans and Asians.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Interleukin-2, Interleukin-6, Polymorphism,single nucleotide, Disease susceptibility, Meta-analysis