IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies

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IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes : joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies. / Huth, Cornelia; Heid, Iris M; Vollmert, Caren; Gieger, Christian; Grallert, Harald; Wolford, Johanna K; Langer, Birgit; Thorand, Barbara; Klopp, Norman; Hamid, Yasmin H; Pedersen, Oluf; Hansen, Torben; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Groop, Leif; Meisinger, Christa; Döring, Angela; Löwel, Hannelore; Lieb, Wolfgang; Hengstenberg, Christian; Rathmann, Wolfgang; Martin, Stephan; Stephens, Jeffrey W; Ireland, Helen; Mather, Hugh; Miller, George J; Stringham, Heather M; Boehnke, Michael; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Boeing, Heiner; Möhlig, Matthias; Spranger, Joachim; Pfeiffer, Andreas; Wernstedt, Ingrid; Niklason, Anders; López-Bermejo, Abel; Fernández-Real, José-Manuel; Hanson, Robert L; Gallart, Luis; Vendrell, Joan; Tsiavou, Anastasia; Hatziagelaki, Erifili; Humphries, Steve E; Wichmann, H-Erich; Herder, Christian; Illig, Thomas.

In: Diabetes, Vol. 55, No. 10, 2006, p. 2915-21.

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Huth, C, Heid, IM, Vollmert, C, Gieger, C, Grallert, H, Wolford, JK, Langer, B, Thorand, B, Klopp, N, Hamid, YH, Pedersen, O, Hansen, T, Lyssenko, V, Groop, L, Meisinger, C, Döring, A, Löwel, H, Lieb, W, Hengstenberg, C, Rathmann, W, Martin, S, Stephens, JW, Ireland, H, Mather, H, Miller, GJ, Stringham, HM, Boehnke, M, Tuomilehto, J, Boeing, H, Möhlig, M, Spranger, J, Pfeiffer, A, Wernstedt, I, Niklason, A, López-Bermejo, A, Fernández-Real, J-M, Hanson, RL, Gallart, L, Vendrell, J, Tsiavou, A, Hatziagelaki, E, Humphries, SE, Wichmann, H-E, Herder, C & Illig, T 2006, 'IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies', Diabetes, vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 2915-21. https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-0600

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Huth, C., Heid, I. M., Vollmert, C., Gieger, C., Grallert, H., Wolford, J. K., Langer, B., Thorand, B., Klopp, N., Hamid, Y. H., Pedersen, O., Hansen, T., Lyssenko, V., Groop, L., Meisinger, C., Döring, A., Löwel, H., Lieb, W., Hengstenberg, C., ... Illig, T. (2006). IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies. Diabetes, 55(10), 2915-21. https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-0600

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Huth C, Heid IM, Vollmert C, Gieger C, Grallert H, Wolford JK et al. IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies. Diabetes. 2006;55(10):2915-21. https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-0600

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Huth, Cornelia ; Heid, Iris M ; Vollmert, Caren ; Gieger, Christian ; Grallert, Harald ; Wolford, Johanna K ; Langer, Birgit ; Thorand, Barbara ; Klopp, Norman ; Hamid, Yasmin H ; Pedersen, Oluf ; Hansen, Torben ; Lyssenko, Valeriya ; Groop, Leif ; Meisinger, Christa ; Döring, Angela ; Löwel, Hannelore ; Lieb, Wolfgang ; Hengstenberg, Christian ; Rathmann, Wolfgang ; Martin, Stephan ; Stephens, Jeffrey W ; Ireland, Helen ; Mather, Hugh ; Miller, George J ; Stringham, Heather M ; Boehnke, Michael ; Tuomilehto, Jaakko ; Boeing, Heiner ; Möhlig, Matthias ; Spranger, Joachim ; Pfeiffer, Andreas ; Wernstedt, Ingrid ; Niklason, Anders ; López-Bermejo, Abel ; Fernández-Real, José-Manuel ; Hanson, Robert L ; Gallart, Luis ; Vendrell, Joan ; Tsiavou, Anastasia ; Hatziagelaki, Erifili ; Humphries, Steve E ; Wichmann, H-Erich ; Herder, Christian ; Illig, Thomas. / IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes : joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies. In: Diabetes. 2006 ; Vol. 55, No. 10. pp. 2915-21.

Bibtex

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title = "IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies",
abstract = "Several lines of evidence indicate a causal role of the cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 in the development of type 2 diabetes in humans. Two common polymorphisms in the promoter of the IL-6 encoding gene IL6, -174G>C (rs1800795) and -573G>C (rs1800796), have been investigated for association with type 2 diabetes in numerous studies but with results that have been largely equivocal. To clarify the relationship between the two IL6 variants and type 2 diabetes, we analyzed individual data on >20,000 participants from 21 published and unpublished studies. Collected data represent eight different countries, making this the largest association analysis for type 2 diabetes reported to date. The GC and CC genotypes of IL6 -174G>C were associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 0.91, P = 0.037), corresponding to a risk modification of nearly 9%. No evidence for association was found between IL6 -573G>C and type 2 diabetes. The observed association of the IL6 -174 C-allele with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes provides further evidence for the hypothesis that immune mediators are causally related to type 2 diabetes; however, because the association is borderline significant, additional data are still needed to confirm this finding.",
keywords = "Case-Control Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetics, Population, Humans, Interleukin-6, Odds Ratio, Polymorphism, Genetic, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Risk",
author = "Cornelia Huth and Heid, {Iris M} and Caren Vollmert and Christian Gieger and Harald Grallert and Wolford, {Johanna K} and Birgit Langer and Barbara Thorand and Norman Klopp and Hamid, {Yasmin H} and Oluf Pedersen and Torben Hansen and Valeriya Lyssenko and Leif Groop and Christa Meisinger and Angela D{\"o}ring and Hannelore L{\"o}wel and Wolfgang Lieb and Christian Hengstenberg and Wolfgang Rathmann and Stephan Martin and Stephens, {Jeffrey W} and Helen Ireland and Hugh Mather and Miller, {George J} and Stringham, {Heather M} and Michael Boehnke and Jaakko Tuomilehto and Heiner Boeing and Matthias M{\"o}hlig and Joachim Spranger and Andreas Pfeiffer and Ingrid Wernstedt and Anders Niklason and Abel L{\'o}pez-Bermejo and Jos{\'e}-Manuel Fern{\'a}ndez-Real and Hanson, {Robert L} and Luis Gallart and Joan Vendrell and Anastasia Tsiavou and Erifili Hatziagelaki and Humphries, {Steve E} and H-Erich Wichmann and Christian Herder and Thomas Illig",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.2337/db06-0600",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "2915--21",
journal = "Diabetes",
issn = "0012-1797",
publisher = "American Diabetes Association",
number = "10",

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RIS

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T1 - IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes

T2 - joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies

AU - Huth, Cornelia

AU - Heid, Iris M

AU - Vollmert, Caren

AU - Gieger, Christian

AU - Grallert, Harald

AU - Wolford, Johanna K

AU - Langer, Birgit

AU - Thorand, Barbara

AU - Klopp, Norman

AU - Hamid, Yasmin H

AU - Pedersen, Oluf

AU - Hansen, Torben

AU - Lyssenko, Valeriya

AU - Groop, Leif

AU - Meisinger, Christa

AU - Döring, Angela

AU - Löwel, Hannelore

AU - Lieb, Wolfgang

AU - Hengstenberg, Christian

AU - Rathmann, Wolfgang

AU - Martin, Stephan

AU - Stephens, Jeffrey W

AU - Ireland, Helen

AU - Mather, Hugh

AU - Miller, George J

AU - Stringham, Heather M

AU - Boehnke, Michael

AU - Tuomilehto, Jaakko

AU - Boeing, Heiner

AU - Möhlig, Matthias

AU - Spranger, Joachim

AU - Pfeiffer, Andreas

AU - Wernstedt, Ingrid

AU - Niklason, Anders

AU - López-Bermejo, Abel

AU - Fernández-Real, José-Manuel

AU - Hanson, Robert L

AU - Gallart, Luis

AU - Vendrell, Joan

AU - Tsiavou, Anastasia

AU - Hatziagelaki, Erifili

AU - Humphries, Steve E

AU - Wichmann, H-Erich

AU - Herder, Christian

AU - Illig, Thomas

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Several lines of evidence indicate a causal role of the cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 in the development of type 2 diabetes in humans. Two common polymorphisms in the promoter of the IL-6 encoding gene IL6, -174G>C (rs1800795) and -573G>C (rs1800796), have been investigated for association with type 2 diabetes in numerous studies but with results that have been largely equivocal. To clarify the relationship between the two IL6 variants and type 2 diabetes, we analyzed individual data on >20,000 participants from 21 published and unpublished studies. Collected data represent eight different countries, making this the largest association analysis for type 2 diabetes reported to date. The GC and CC genotypes of IL6 -174G>C were associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 0.91, P = 0.037), corresponding to a risk modification of nearly 9%. No evidence for association was found between IL6 -573G>C and type 2 diabetes. The observed association of the IL6 -174 C-allele with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes provides further evidence for the hypothesis that immune mediators are causally related to type 2 diabetes; however, because the association is borderline significant, additional data are still needed to confirm this finding.

AB - Several lines of evidence indicate a causal role of the cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 in the development of type 2 diabetes in humans. Two common polymorphisms in the promoter of the IL-6 encoding gene IL6, -174G>C (rs1800795) and -573G>C (rs1800796), have been investigated for association with type 2 diabetes in numerous studies but with results that have been largely equivocal. To clarify the relationship between the two IL6 variants and type 2 diabetes, we analyzed individual data on >20,000 participants from 21 published and unpublished studies. Collected data represent eight different countries, making this the largest association analysis for type 2 diabetes reported to date. The GC and CC genotypes of IL6 -174G>C were associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 0.91, P = 0.037), corresponding to a risk modification of nearly 9%. No evidence for association was found between IL6 -573G>C and type 2 diabetes. The observed association of the IL6 -174 C-allele with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes provides further evidence for the hypothesis that immune mediators are causally related to type 2 diabetes; however, because the association is borderline significant, additional data are still needed to confirm this finding.

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KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

KW - Genetics, Population

KW - Humans

KW - Interleukin-6

KW - Odds Ratio

KW - Polymorphism, Genetic

KW - Promoter Regions, Genetic

KW - Risk

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DO - 10.2337/db06-0600

M3 - Journal article

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VL - 55

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EP - 2921

JO - Diabetes

JF - Diabetes

SN - 0012-1797

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