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A single-nucleotide polymorphism marker within the FCRL5 gene and HLA-B27 positive Han Chinese ankylosing spondylitis patients.

The aim of this study was to determine whether FCRL5 genes in concert with human leukocyte antigen-B27 (HLA-B27) genotypes are associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Chinese population. One hundred and sixty-nine HLA-B27-positive AS patients (107 males and 62 females) and 184 HLA-B27-positive matched controls (112 males and 72 females) were analyzed from Han Chinese populations by case-control design, and their samples were genotyped using a panel of two single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers (rs6427384, rs12036228) within the FCRL5 gene by ligase detection reactions (LDRs) and the HLA-B27 subtypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using sequence-specific primer (SSP) methods. Our results show that in addition to B27, the SNPs rs6427384 and rs12036228 were associated with AS, and the C-T haplotype was higher in cases with AS than in the control population [74.8% vs 63.6%, Fisher's P = 0.003, odds ratio (OR) = 1.660,95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.184-- 2.326]. Our results suggest that, in addition to HLA-B27, a novel polymorphism within the FCRL5 gene confers susceptibility to AS in Han Chinese population.