Genetic susceptibility has a more important role in pediatric-onset Crohn's disease than in adult-onset Crohn's disease

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Background: Genetic susceptibility may play a more important role in the etiology of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in late-onset IBD, and therefore pediatric-onset IBD patients can be expected to have a higher frequency of gene mutations. We aimed to determine genotypes and phenotypes of patients with pediatric-onset IBD, to compare them with those of patients with adult-onset IBD and with controls, and to identify genotype-phenotype associations. Methods: Polymorphisms R702W, G908R, and 3020insC of CARD15 (caspase activating recruitment domain 15); Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile of TLR4; -207G→C, 1672C→T (L503F), rs3792876, rs274551, rs272893, and rs273900 of SLC22A4/5; and 113G→A as well as rs2289311, rs1270912, and rs2165047 of DLG5 (Drosophila discs large homologue 5) were assessed in 103 pediatric-onset and 696 adult-onset IBD patients. Phenotypic classification was based on disease localization and behavior. Results: Homozygosity for 3020insC in CARD15 was significantly higher in patients with pediatric-onset Crohn's disease (CD) than in patients with adult-onset CD (4.2% versus 0.6%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2-42.0). Homozygosity for single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3792876 in SLC22A4/5 was significantly higher in patients with pediatric-onset CD than in patients with adult-onset CD (6.1% versus 1.1%, P = 0.02). Polymorphism 3020insC in CARD15 was associated with ileal involvement (1.9% versus 13.3%, CI 1.0-53.8) and a positive family history (6.1% versus 20%, CI 1.2-9.0). DLG5 SNP rs2165047 was significantly associated with perianal disease (50% versus 21.2%, CI 1.4-4). Conclusions: Polymorphisms 3020insC in CARD15 and SNP rs3792876 in SLC22A4/5 occurred statistically significantly more often in patients with pediatric-onset CD than in patients with adult-onset CD. Polymorphisms 3020insC in CARD15 and SNP rs2165047 in DLG5 were associated with specific phenotypes in this pediatric-onset CD cohort. Copyright © 2007 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.

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De Ridder, L., Weersma, R. K., Dijkstra, G., Van Der Steege, G., Benninga, M. A., Nolte, I. M., … Stokkers, P. C. F. (2007). Genetic susceptibility has a more important role in pediatric-onset Crohn’s disease than in adult-onset Crohn’s disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 13(9), 1083–1092. https://doi.org/10.1002/ibd.20171

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