Journal Article

Role of a functional polymorphism in the F2R gene promoter in sarcoidosis

By Manuela Platé, Phillippa J. Lawson, Michael R. Hill, Richard P. Marshall, Helen L. Booth, Meena Kumari, Geoffrey J. Laurent, John R. Hurst and Rachel C. Chambers

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Publication date
Published in
Respirology
Volume
20
Pages
p. 1
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/resp.12608
ISSN
13237799

Summary

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology characterized by increased inflammation, and results from gene–environment interactions. Proteinase-activated receptor-1 mediates the interplay between coagulation and inflammation. The rs2227744G > A promoter single nucleotide polymorphism has been linked to inflammation, cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Using a case-control study (184 cases with sarcoidosis and 368 controls), we show that the rs2227744A allele significantly associates with protection from sarcoidosis (P = 0.003, OR = 0.68 (0.52–0.88)).

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© 2015 The Authors. Respirology published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on behalf of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.

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