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Observational studyMedicine2015

Genetic Polymorphisms of Functional Candidate Genes and Recurrent Acute Otitis Media With or Without Tympanic Membrane Perforation.

Susanna Esposito, Paola Marchisio, Annalisa Orenti, Silvia Spena, Sonia Bianchini, Erica Nazzari, Chiara Rosazza, Alberto Zampiero, Elia Biganzoli, Nicola Principi

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Observational study in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A NovelInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  2. Otitis Media and Inborn Errors of Immunity.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Panel 2- recent advance in otitis media bioinformatics.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2020
    Review
  5. Panel 7 - Pathogenesis of otitis media - a review of the literature between 2015 and 2019.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2020
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Panel 3: Genetics and Precision Medicine of Otitis Media.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2017
    Review
  8. Acute otitis media with spontaneous tympanic membrane perforation.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2017
    Review
  9. Genetic polymorphisms and the development of invasive bacterial infections in children.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology · 2016
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Susanna EspositoFrom the Pediatric High Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy (SE, PM, SS, SB, EN, CR, AZ, NP); and Unit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics "G.A. Maccacaro", Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy (AO, EB).
Paola Marchisio
Annalisa Orenti
Silvia Spena
Sonia Bianchini
Erica Nazzari
Chiara Rosazza
Alberto Zampiero
Elia Biganzoli
Nicola Principi
Christie's · GBUniversity of Milan · ITCreative Commons · USFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaluation of the genetic contribution to the development of recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM) remains challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the potential association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in selected genes and rAOM and to analyze whether genetic variations might predispose to the development of complicated recurrent cases, such as those with tympanic membrane perforation (TMP).A total of 33 candidate genes and 47 SNPs were genotyped in 200 children with rAOM (116 with a history of TMP) and in 200 healthy controls.INFγ rs 12369470CT was significantly less common in the children with rAOM than in healthy controls (odds ratio [OR] 0.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.25-1, P = 0.04). Although not significant, interleukin (IL)-1β rs 1143627G and toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 rs2737191AG were less frequently detected in the children with rAOM than in controls. The opposite was true for IL-8 rs2227306CT, which was found more frequently in the children with rAOM than in healthy controls. The IL-10 rs1800896TC SNP and the IL-1α rs6746923A and AG SNPs were significantly more and less common, respectively, among children without a history of TMP than among those who suffered from this complication (OR 2.17, 95% CI 1.09-4.41, P = 0.02, and OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.21-0.84, P = 0.01).This study is the first report suggesting an association between variants in genes encoding for factors of innate or adaptive immunity and the occurrence of rAOM with or without TMP, which confirms the role of genetics in conditioning susceptibility to AOM.

Indexed as

Genetic Association StudiesPolymorphism, Single NucleotideAcute DiseaseChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleOtitis MediaRecurrenceTympanic Membrane Perforation

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PMID26496338
PMCPMC4620788
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