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CISH and Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases

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Khor, Chiea C., Vannberg, Fredrik O., Chapman, Stephen J., Guo, Haiyan, Wong, Sunny H., Walley, Andrew J., Vukcevic, Damjan, Rautanen, Anna +27 more·2010·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The interleukin-2-mediated immune response is critical for host defense against infectious pathogens. Cytokine-inducible SRC homology 2 (SH2) domain protein (CISH), a suppressor of cytokine signaling, controls interleukin-2 signaling. METHODS: Using a case-control design, we tested for an association between CISH polymorphisms and susceptibility to major infectious diseases (bacteremia, tuberculosis, and severe malaria) in blood samples from 8402 persons in Gambia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, and Vietnam. We had previously tested 20 other immune-related genes in one or more of these sample collections. RESULTS: We observed associations between variant alleles of multiple CISH polymorphisms and increased susceptibility to each infectious disease in each of the study populations. When all five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (at positions -639, -292, -163, +1320, and +3415 [all relative to CISH]) within the CISH-associated locus were considered together in a multiple-SNP score, we found an association between CISH genetic variants and susceptibility to bacteremia, malaria, and tuberculosis (P=3.8x10(-11) for all comparisons), with -292 accounting for most of the association signal (P=4.58x10(-7)). Peripheral-blood mononuclear cells obtained from adult subjects carrying the -292 variant, as compared with wild-type cells, showed a muted response to the stimulation of interleukin-2 production--that is, 25 to 40% less CISH expression. CONCLUSIONS: Variants of CISH are associated with susceptibility to diseases caused by diverse infectious pathogens, suggesting that negative regulators of cytokine signaling have a role in immunity against various infectious diseases. The overall risk of one of these infectious diseases was increased by at least 18% among persons carrying the variant CISH alleles.

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  • A recent GWAS identified multiple polymorphisms in CISH that were associated with increased susceptibility to bacteremia, tuberculosis, and severe malaria in persons in Gambia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, and Vietnam.

    “A recent GWAS identified multiple polymorphisms in cytokine-inducible SRC homology 2 (SH2) domain protein (CISH), a SOCS family member that controls IL-2 signaling, that were associated with increased susceptibility to bacteremia, tuberculosis, and severe malaria in persons in Gambia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, and Vietnam (77).”

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Khor, C. C., Vannberg, F. O., Chapman, S. J., Guo, H., Wong, S. H., Walley, A. J., Vukcevic, D., Rautanen, A., Mills, T. C., Chang, K.-C., Kam, K.-M., Crampin, A. C., Ngwira, B., Leung, C.-C., Tam, C.-M., Chan, C.-Y., Sung, J. J. Y., Yew, W.-W., Toh, K.-Y., Tay, S. K. H., Kwiatkowski, D., Lienhardt, C., Hien, T.-T., Day, N. P., Peshu, N., Marsh, K., Maitland, K., Scott, J. A., Williams, T. N., Berkley, J. A., Floyd, S., Tang, N. L. S., Fine, P. E. M., Goh, D. L. M., & Hill, A. V. S.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
  • Genome Institute of Singapore (SG)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SG)
  • Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2010-06-03
Volume
362
Issue
22
Pages
2092-2101
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2142222423
Cited by
136
References
58
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (061089, 091758, 079828, 076934, 081835)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
Keywords
CISH, suppressor of cytokine signaling, interleukin-2 signaling, bacteremia, tuberculosis, severe malaria, single nucleotide polymorphisms, cytokine signaling regulation, immune response, genetic association
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Genotype, Humans, Interleukin-2, Malaria, Risk, Tuberculosis, Linkage Disequilibrium, Gene Expression, Odds Ratio, Case-Control Studies, Bacteremia, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins

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