Abstract
The pathophysiological process of schizophrenia is still unclear. The levels of interleukine-6 (IL-6) and its receptor, soluble IL-6R, have been reported to be elevated in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of schizophrenic patients. In this study, we tested the association of genetic variants of IL-6 and IL-6R with schizophrenia. Genotyping of three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for each IL-6 (IL-6-1, IL-6-2, and IL-6-3) and IL-6R (rs4845617=IL-6R1, rs4553185=IL-6R2, and rs4379670=IL-6R3) gene was performed in 100 patients with schizophrenia and 113 normal controls. The polymorphisms of IL-6R2 were genotyped using Tetra-primer ARMS PCR. IL-6R3 polymorphisms were genotyped using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) with Apo I enzyme as the restriction enzyme. All other polymorphisms were genotyped using the direct sequencing method. We found a di-nucleotide haplotype block and a tri-nucleotide haplotype block in the genes of IL-6 and IL-6R, respectively. All six SNPs and their haplotypes failed to show a significant association with schizophrenia. The IL-6-2 SNP showed a nominally significant association with the positive symptoms of schizophrenia (p=0.0472). We conclude that the genetic variants of IL-6 and ...Continue Reading
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