TY - JOUR
T1 - Variant genotypes of the low-affinity Fcγ receptors in two control populations and a review of low-affinity Fcγ receptor polymorphisms in control and disease populations
AU - Lehrnbecher, Thomas
AU - Foster, Charles B.
AU - Zhu, Shaoxian
AU - Leitman, Susan F.
AU - Goldin, Lynn R.
AU - Huppi, Konrad
AU - Chanock, Stephen J.
PY - 1999/12/15
Y1 - 1999/12/15
N2 - Fcγ-receptors (FcγR) provide a critical link between humoral and cellular immunity. The genes of the low-affinity receptors for IgG and their isoforms, namely, FcγRIIa, FcγRIIb, FcγRIIIa, FcγRIIIb, and SH-FcγRIIIb, are located in close proximity on chromosome 1q22. Variant alleles may differ in biologic activity and a number of studies have reported the frequencies of variant FcγR alleles in both disease and control populations. No large study has evaluated the possibility of a nonrandom distribution of variant genotypes. We analyzed 395 normal individuals (172 African Americans [AA] and 223 Caucasians [CA]) at the following loci: FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa, and FcγRIIIb, including the SH-FcγRIIIb. The genotypic distributions of FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa, and FcγRIIIb conform to the Hardy-Weinberg law in each group. There was no strong evidence that combinations of 2-locus genotypes of the 3 loci deviated from random distributions in these healthy control populations. The distribution of SH-FcγRIIIb is underrepresented in CA compared with AA (P < .0001) controls. A previously reported variant FcγRIIb was not detected in 70 normal individuals, indicating that this allele, if it exists, is very rare (< 1%). In conclusion, we present data that should serve as the foundation for the interpretation of association studies involving multiple variant alleles of the low-affinity FcγR.
AB - Fcγ-receptors (FcγR) provide a critical link between humoral and cellular immunity. The genes of the low-affinity receptors for IgG and their isoforms, namely, FcγRIIa, FcγRIIb, FcγRIIIa, FcγRIIIb, and SH-FcγRIIIb, are located in close proximity on chromosome 1q22. Variant alleles may differ in biologic activity and a number of studies have reported the frequencies of variant FcγR alleles in both disease and control populations. No large study has evaluated the possibility of a nonrandom distribution of variant genotypes. We analyzed 395 normal individuals (172 African Americans [AA] and 223 Caucasians [CA]) at the following loci: FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa, and FcγRIIIb, including the SH-FcγRIIIb. The genotypic distributions of FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa, and FcγRIIIb conform to the Hardy-Weinberg law in each group. There was no strong evidence that combinations of 2-locus genotypes of the 3 loci deviated from random distributions in these healthy control populations. The distribution of SH-FcγRIIIb is underrepresented in CA compared with AA (P < .0001) controls. A previously reported variant FcγRIIb was not detected in 70 normal individuals, indicating that this allele, if it exists, is very rare (< 1%). In conclusion, we present data that should serve as the foundation for the interpretation of association studies involving multiple variant alleles of the low-affinity FcγR.
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U2 - 10.1182/blood.v94.12.4220
DO - 10.1182/blood.v94.12.4220
M3 - Article
C2 - 10590067
AN - SCOPUS:0032779054
SN - 0006-4971
VL - 94
SP - 4220
EP - 4232
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
IS - 12
ER -