IL17RA variations showed no associations with post-bronchiolitis asthma or lung function.

Background: Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F are involved in the pathogenesis of asthma and allergy. Interleukin-17 receptor A (IL-17RA), encoded by the IL17RA gene, is a common receptor for IL-17A and IL-17F. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of IL17RA gene variations with asthma, allergy, and lung function at school age in children prospectively followed up after hospitalization for bronchiolitis in early infancy.

IL17F rs763780 single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with asthma after bronchiolitis in infancy.

Aim: Interleukin-17F (IL-17F) is involved with asthma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of IL17F polymorphisms with childhood asthma after bronchiolitis in infancy.

Methods: We invited 166 children who were hospitalised for bronchiolitis at younger than 6 months of age to follow-up visits at 5-7 years and 11-13 years of ages.

Interleukin-10 gene polymorphism rs1800896 is associated with post-bronchiolitis asthma at 11-13 years of age.

Aim: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that is involved with bronchiolitis and asthma. We evaluated associations between four IL-10 polymorphisms, namely rs1800871, rs1800872, rs1800890 and rs1800896, and post-bronchiolitis asthma in young adolescents.

Methods: The cohort consisted of 125 children hospitalised for bronchiolitis at Tampere University Hospital, Finland, in 2000-2004, at less than six months of age.

Polymorphisms in the promoter region of IL10 gene are associated with virus etiology of infant bronchiolitis.

Background: Bronchiolitis is the most common infection leading to hospitalization in infancy. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, and in our previous study, IL10 gene rs1800896 (- 1082A/G) polymorphism was associated with viral etiology of infant bronchiolitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between IL10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at rs1800890 (- 3575A/T), rs1800871 (- 819C/T) or rs1800872 (- 592C/A) either alone or combined with the SNP at rs1800896 (- 1082G/A), and the etiology and severity of infant bronchiolitis.

IL-17A gene polymorphism rs2275913 is associated with the development of asthma after bronchiolitis in infancy.

Background: Interleukin-17 (IL-17A) is a mainly pro-inflammatory cytokine, and IL-17 signaling implicates in the development of allergic asthma. The polymorphism rs2275913 in the promoter region of the IL-17A gene has in previous studies been associated with asthma susceptibility. The objective was to evaluate the association between IL-17A rs2275913 (-197G>A) polymorphism and post-bronchiolitis asthma and/or allergic rhinitis in a prospective 11-13 years post-bronchiolitis follow-up.

IL-10 gene polymorphism is associated with preschool atopy and early-life recurrent wheezing after bronchiolitis in infancy.

Background: Variations in the genes that regulate innate immunity responses may be associated with susceptibility to asthma or atopy after early-life bronchiolitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between four different polymorphisms of the IL-10 gene at rs1800871, rs1800872, rs1800890, and rs1800896, either alone or in combination, and post-bronchiolitis asthma or allergies at 5-7 years of age.

Methods: Data on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of IL-10 rs1800896 (-1082G/A), rs1800871 (-819C/T), rs1800872 (-592C/A), and IL-10 rs1800890 (-3575T/A) were available for 135 children.