Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Risk of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma

Cliff I. Oduor Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Kiprotich Chelimo Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Collins Ouma Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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David H. Mulama Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Joslyn Foley Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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John Vulule Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Jeffrey A. Bailey Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Ann M. Moormann Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Overexpression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-10 in endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) may facilitate tumorigenesis by providing a permissive cytokine milieu. Promoter polymorphisms influence interindividual differences in cytokine production. We hypothesized that children genetically predisposed for elevated cytokine levels may be more susceptible to eBL. Using case-control samples from western Kenya consisting of 117 eBL cases and 88 ethnically matched healthy controls, we tested for the association between eBL risk and IL-10 (rs1800896, rs1800871, and rs1800872) and IL-6 (rs1800795) promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as well as IL-10 promoter haplotypes. In addition, the association between these variants and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) load was examined. Results showed that selected IL-10 and IL-6 promoter SNPs and IL-10 promoter haplotypes were not associated with risk eBL or EBV levels in EBV-seropositive children. Findings from this study reveal that common variants within the IL-10 and IL-6 promoters do not independently increase eBL risk in this vulnerable population.

Author Notes

* Address correspondence to Ann M. Moormann, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Biotech 2, Suite 318, Worcester, MA 01605. E-mail: ann.moormann@umassmed.edu

Financial support: This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants 1KL2RR031981 (to J.A.B.), R01AI099473 (to J.A.B.), and R01CA134051 (to A.M.M.) and the Thrasher Research Fund (to A.M.M.).

Authors' addresses: Cliff I. Oduor and Collins Ouma, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya, E-mails: cisayaoduor@gmail.com and collinouma@yahoo.com. Kiprotich Chelimo, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya, and Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, E-mail: chelimokiprotich@gmail.com. David H. Mulama and John Vulule, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, E-mails: dmulama@gmail.com and jvulule@gmail.com. Joslyn Foley, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, E-mail: joslyn.foley@umassmed.edu. Jeffrey A. Bailey, Department of Medicine, Division of Transfusion, and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, E-mail: jeffrey.bailey@umassmed.edu.

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