Lack of association between the functional c-kit rs6554199 polymorphism and achalasia in a Spanish population |
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Authors: | Jose Luis Santiago Emilio G de la Concha Julio Pérez de la Serna Concepción Sevilla Elena Urcelay Antonio Ruiz de León |
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Institution: | 1. Immunology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain;2. Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | A functional polymorphism (rs6554199) located in the c-kit gene was associated with achalasia in a Turkish cohort. Our aim was to replicate this result in a large cohort of Spanish patients and controls. A case-control study was performed with 282 Spanish white unrelated patients and 687 healthy controls. All were genotyped for SNP rs6554199 using a TaqMan Assay. No association was found in our study (T allele frequency in patients and controls: 47.3% vs. 49.4%; OR = 0.92, p = 0.41). The finding that the T allele of the c-kit rs6554199 polymorphism could be associated with achalasia as reported in a Turkish population could not be replicated in a Spanish cohort. Although ethnic differences might explain these data, the sample size that compromised the statistical power in the Turkish cohort and is higher in our study, led us to suggest that the reported association seems to be a false positive. |
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