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ArticleAllergy, asthma & immunology research2012

Involvement of human histamine N-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to atopic dermatitis in korean children.

Hee Seon Lee, Seung-Hyun Kim, Kyung Won Kim, Ji Young Baek, Hae-Sim Park, Kyung Eun Lee, Jung Yeon Hong, Mi Na Kim, Won Il Heo, Myung Hyun Sohn and 1 more

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Article in Allergy, asthma & immunology research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Hee Seon LeeDepartment of Pediatrics and Institute of Allergy, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, BK21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seung-Hyun Kim
Kyung Won Kim
Ji Young Baek
Hae-Sim Park
Kyung Eun Lee
Jung Yeon Hong
Mi Na Kim
Won Il Heo
Myung Hyun Sohn
Kyu-Earn Kim
Yonsei University · KRAjou University · KR

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Abstract

purposeHistamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) catalyzes one of two major histamine metabolic pathways. Histamine is a mediator of pruritus in atopic dermatitis (AD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between HNMT polymorphisms and AD in children.

methodsWe genotyped 763 Korean children for allelic determinants at four polymorphic sites in the HNMT gene: -465T>C, -413C>T, 314C>T, and 939A>G. Genotyping was performed using a TaqMan fluorogenic 5' nuclease assay. The functional effect of the 939A>G polymorphism was analyzed.

resultsOf the 763 children, 520 had eczema and 542 had atopy. Distributions of the genotype and allele frequencies of the HNMT 314C>T polymorphism were significantly associated with non-atopic eczema (P=0.004), and those of HNMT 939A>G were significantly associated with eczema in the atopy groups (P=0.048). Frequency distributions of HNMT -465T>C and -413C>T were not associated with eczema. Subjects who were AA homozygous or AG heterozygous for 939A>G showed significantly higher immunoglobulin E levels than subjects who were GG homozygous (P=0.009). In U937 cells, the variant genotype reporter construct had significantly higher mRNA stability (P<0.001) and HNMT enzyme activity (P<0.001) than the common genotype.

conclusionsPolymorphisms in HNMT appear to confer susceptibility to AD in Korean children.

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Atopic dermatitischildrenhistamine, N-Methyltransferasepolymorphism

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