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The molecular mechanisms of immunoglobulin A glomerulonephritis (IgAN), the most prevalent form of primary glomerulonephritis, remain poorly understood. Recently, the essential role of soluble Fc α receptor (FcαR) in the formation of the pathogenic immune complex has been revealed. We screened genomic DNA samples from patients with IgAN and those with other glomerular diseases for polymorphisms in the promoter and the 5′-untranslated region region of the FcαR gene by direct nucleotide sequencing. We found three common polymorphisms in this region, T-114C, T-27C, and T+56C from the putative transcription initiation site. Each genotype was determined in 151 patients with IgAN and 163 patients with other glomerular diseases shown to have no mesangial IgA deposition by renal biopsy. The haplotype analysis revealed tight linkage disequilibrium among them. An association study for the genotype, allele, and haplotype frequencies of the polymorphisms between the patients with histologically proven IgAN and those with other glomerular diseases showed no significant difference in the genotype, allele, and haplotype distributions between the two groups. The present study indicates that the analyzed polymorphisms of the FcαR gene do not appear to be primarily involved in the susceptibility to IgAN.
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Received: July 17, 2001 / Accepted: August 29, 2001
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Narita, I., Goto, S., Saito, N. et al. Genetic polymorphisms in the promoter and 5′ UTR region of the Fc α receptor (CD89) are not associated with a risk of IgA nephropathy. J Hum Genet 46, 694–698 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380170002
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