Association of polymorphisms in the ICOS and ICOSL genes with the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases

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The prognosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's disease (HD), varies among patients. Inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) (CD278) and co-stimulator ligand (ICOSL) (CD275) are important costimulatory molecules. Their interactions play important roles in immune regulation and the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases through tuning T cell activation, differentiation and function. To clarify the association between ICOS-ICOSL signals and AITD, we genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)1 and SNP2 in the ICOS gene and SNP1, SNP2 and SNP3 in the ICOSL gene in 239 HD patients, 232 GD patients, and 129 healthy volunteers (control subjects). There were no differences in genotype and allele frequencies among the three groups, although the frequencies of the AA genotype and A allele of ICOSL SNP2 (rs15927) were slightly, but not significantly, higher in patients with GD, intractable GD, and severe HD than in controls. The mRNA levels of ICOSL were also slightly, but not significantly, lower in individuals with the AA genotype of ICOSL SNP2 than in those with the AG+GG genotypes. In conclusion, the ICOS and ICOSL SNPs examined in this study do not have an apparent effect on the disease susceptibility and prognosis of AITDs.

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Yoshie, N., Watanabe, M., Inoue, N., Kawaguchi, H., Hidaka, Y., & Iwatani, Y. (2016). Association of polymorphisms in the ICOS and ICOSL genes with the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases. Endocrine Journal, 63(1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ15-0435

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