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. 2016 Jan;10(1):96–120.

Table 1.

Atopic dermatitis associated candidate genes and their chromosomal location and genetic variation in different population.

Gene Symbol Gene name Chromosomal location Genetic variation Population References
FLG Filaggrin 1q21 R501X-2282del4 Caucasian
Northern-American European and Asian ancestry, Chinese
German
(Palmer et al. 2006)
(Brown and McLean 2012; Hu et al. 2009; Brown et al. 2008; Ekelund et al. 2008; Barker et al. 2007; Morar et al. 2007; Weidinger et al. 2005)
S2377X (FLG2)
Q294X (TCHHL1) R501X, 2282del4, E2554X, R2447X, 1249insG, R826X, 2767insT, E2422X
P478S
Irish

Japanese
African

Americans
Chinese
(Ekelund et al. 2008)
(Marenholz et al. 2006)
(Brown and McLean 2012)
(Osawa et al. 2010)
(Margolis et al. 2014; Winge et al. 2011)
(Polcari et al. 2014)
(Kim et al. 2009)

SPINK5 (LEKTI) Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal-Type 5 and Lymphoepithelial Kazal-Type-Related Inhibitor 5q31 1258G > A
IV12-26C > T
IVS12-10A > G
IVS14 + 19 G > A
IVS 13-50 G > A
1103A > G
1156 G > A
1188T > C
1258G > A
Japanese (Kato et al. 2003; Nishio et al. 2003)

MHC (HLA) The major histocompatibility complex or human leukocyte antigen 6p21 A24 allele of HLA Korean (Lee et al. 2001)
TAP1, Val333Ile
Gly637Asp
Tunisians (Ismail et al. 1997)
TAP2, Ile379Val
Thr565Ala
Ala665Thr
Gln687Stop
Korean (Braff et al. 2005)

Innate Immune genes

CARD4 (NOD1) Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 4 7p15-p14 rs2736726 (A > G) rs2075817 (A > G) rs2975632 (C > T) rs3030207 (A > G) rs2075818 (C > G) rs2235099 (C > T) rs2075821 (A > G) rs2075822 (C > T) rs2907749 (A > G) rs2907718 (C > T) rs5743368 (A > G) German (Weidinger et al. 2005)

CARD15 (NOD2) Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 15 16q21 2104C > T
2722 G > C
802T > C
534 G > C
rs1077861 (intron 10A > T)
2863 G > A
4278A > G
60A > G
German (Weidinger et al. 2005; Kabesch et al. 2003)

CD14 Monocyte differentiation antigen 5q22-q32 159C > T

1145 G > A, 1359 G > T and −550C > T
Chinese
German
Singaporean
Chinese
(Lange et al. 2005)
(Sengler et al. 2003)
(Liang et al. 2006)

(MBL2) Mannose-binding lectin 10q11.2-q21 Gly54 Asp Japanese (Hashimoto et al. 2005)

TLR2 Toll-like receptor 2 4q32 R753Q

A-16934T
2258G/A, 896A/G
(rs4696480 (T > A), rs3804099 (T > C), rs3804100 (T > C), rs5713708
(G > A)
German
Italian
Italian
Ukrainian
German
(Niebuhr et al. 2010;
Mrabet-Dahbi et al. 2008; Niebuhr et al. 2008)
(Salpietro et al. 2011)
(Salpietro et al. 2011)
(Levchenko et al. 2013)
(Potaczek et al. 2011; Oh et al. 2009)

TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4 9q32-q33 rs4986790 (A > G)
rs4986791 (C > T)
(rs2770150 (T > C), rs6478317 (A > G), rs1927911 (C > T), rs2149356 (C > T), rs4986790 (A > G), rs4986791 (C > T), rs7873784
(G > C), rs1927906 (A > G)
A-896G
Italian
Ukrainian
German
(Salpietro et al. 2011)
(Levchenko et al. 2013)
(Oh et al. 2009; Weidinger et al. 2006)
German (Weidinger et al. 2006)

TLR6 Toll-like receptor 6 4p14 Ser249Pro
rs5743810 (T> C)
T597C
C1350T
German
Dutch
(Hoffjan et al. 2005)

TLR9 Toll-like receptor 9 3p21.3 C-1237T German (Novak et al. 2007)

DEFB1 Human β-defensin 1 8p23 2266T>C
1241T>G
Korean (Kim et al. 2009)
692 A>G
1654 A>G
20 G>A 5′-UTR
44 C>G 5′-UTR
52 G>A 5′-UTR
Egyptian
Mexican
Brazilian
(Mohamed et al. 2009)
(Prado-Montes et al. 2007)
(Segat et al. 2010)

Cytokines and related genes

IL-4 Interleukin 4 5q31–33 −590 C/T
1098G/T
589C>T
−33 C/T
Egyptian
Czech
Japanese
Chinese
Czech
Macedonian
Candian
Egyptian
(Hussein et al. 2014)
(Kayserova et al. 2012)
(Walley et al. 2001)
(Chang et al. 2006)
(Kayserova et al. 2012)
(Stavric et al. 2012)
(He et al. 2003)
(Hussein et al. 2014)

IL-4R α Interleukin 4 receptor alpha 16p11.2-12.1 −3112C > T, −1803T > C, −327C > A, −326A > C
−186G > A
Japanese (Hosomi et al. 2004)
1727G > A
1199C > A, 1242T > G, 1507C > T
1727G > A
I50 V
British, Japanese
Chinese
(Callard et al. 2002)
(Chang et al. 2006; Oiso et al. 2000)
Q576R
3223C/T
Egyptian (Hussein et al. 2014)
Japanese (Hosomi et al. 2004)

STAT6 signal transducer and activator of transcription 12q13.3–q14.1 2964 G > A
2892 C/T
1315-GT repeat in exon 1
Egyptian (Hussein et al. 2014)
Chinese
Japanese
(Chang et al. 2006)
(Tamura et al. 2003)

IL-10 Interleukin 10 1q31-q32 1082A > G
819T > C
592A > C
1082A/G,
−819C/T,
−592A/C
--7616AGG
Macedonian
Chinese
German
Czech
(Stavric et al. 2012)
(Chang et al. 2006)
(Hosomi et al. 2004)
(Kayserova et al. 2012)

IL-6 Interleukin 6 7p21 −174C > G
−922A > G
German (Hosomi et al. 2004)
−174C/G
nt565A/G
Czech (Kayserova et al. 2012)

TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha 6p21.3 −308 G > A
1031T > C, −863C > A, −857C > T, −308G > A
−238G > A
British
Chinese
(Rafatpanah et al. 2003)
(Chang et al. 2006)
AG cdn25 Macedonians (Stavric et al. 2012)

TNF-β Tumor necrosis factor beta 6p21.3 238G > A
308G > A
German (Hosomi et al. 2004)

IL-1 α Interleukin 1 alpha 2q14 −899T > C Macedonians (Stavric et al. 2012)

IFNγ Interferon gamma 12q14 874 A>T Macedonians (Stavric et al. 2012)

IL-1β Interleukin 1 beta 2q14 511C > T,
3953T > C,
3953T > C
1418T > C
315T > C
German
British
Macedonian
(Hosomi et al. 2004)
(Rafatpanah et al. 2003)
(Stavric et al. 2012)

IL1RN Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist 2q14.2 variable number of tandem repeat in intron 2 German (Hosomi et al. 2004)

IL1RL1 (ST2) Interleukin 1 receptor-like 1 (Suppression of tumorigenicity 2) 2q12 26999G > A
2992C > T, 5283G > A, 5860C > A, 11147C > T, 744C > A
27639A > G
Japanese (Shimizu et al. 2005)

IL-5 Interleukin 5 5q31.1 703C > T Japanese (Yamamoto et al. 2003)

IL-12β Interleukin 12beta 5q31.1-q33.1 1188A > C
4237 G > A, 4496A > G
4510G > A
Japanese
Chinese
(Tsunemi et al. 2002)
(Chang et al. 2006)

IL-12Rβ Interleukin 12 receptor beta 19p13.1 111A > T
2C > T, 4443C > T
5970 G > C
17183T > C
17369C > T
25748T > C
27637A > T
Japanese (Takahashi et al. 2005)

IL-13 Interleukin 13 5q31 1111C > T

1024C > T
704A > C
1103C > T
Arg144Gln
Arg 130 Gln

1111C > T, 1293C > T, Arg144Gln
Chinese
Japanese
German
Japanese
German
Canadian
German
Japanese
(Chang et al 2006)
(Tsunemi et al. 2002)
(Hummelshoj et al. 2003)
(Tsunemi et al. 2004)
(Folster-Holst et al. 2005)
(He et al. 2003)
(Hummelshoj et al. 2003)
(Tsunemi et al. 2002)

IL-18 Interleukin 18 11q22.2-q22.3 132A > G, 133C > G
137G > C, 113T > G
127C > T
German (Novak et al. 2005)

TGF β1 Transforming growth factor beta 1 19q13.2 1 915 G > C
869T > C
590C > T
British (Arkwright et al. 2001)

GM-CSF Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor 5q31.1 677A > C
1916T > C
British (Rafatpanah et al. 2003)
3606T > C
3928C > T
Japanese
Canadian
(Saeki et al. 2006)
(He et al. 2003)

IL-9 Interleukin 9 5q31–35 4091G>A Korean (Namkung et al. 2011)

IL-9R Interleukin 9 receptor Xq/Yq 1737C>T Korean (Namkung et al. 2011)

Chemokines and related genes

CCL5 (RANTES) Chemokine (C-Cmotif) ligand 5 (Regulated upon activation, normally T cell expressed +secreted ) 17q11.2-q12 28C>G
403 G>A
2518A > G
German
Japanese
Hungarian
(Nickel et al. 2000)
(Bai et al. 2005)
(Kozma et al. 2002)

CCL11 chemokine(C-Cmotif) ligand 11 (eotaxin 1) 17q21.1-q21.2 2 426C > T,
384A > G
Japanese (Wakugawa et al. 2002)

CCL17 (TARC) chemokine(C-Cmotif) ligand 17 (Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine) 16q13 431C > T Japanese (Gangur and Oppenheim 2000)

CCR3 Chemokine (C-Cmotif) receptor3 3p21.3 1052T > C American (Tsunemi et al. 2003)

CCR4 Chemokine (C-Cmotif) receptor 4 3p24 1014C > T Japanese (Tsunemi et al. 2004)

CMA1 Mast cell chymase 1 14q11.2 (−1903A > G Japanese
Italian
(Iwanaga et al. 2004)
(Weidinger et al. 2005)

Drug-metabolizing genes

GSTP1 Glutathione S-transferase pi 11q13 1404A > G
2294C > T
Russian (Safronova et al. 2003)

NAT N-acetyl transferase 8p23.1-p21.3 481C > T
590G > A
857G > A
Russian
Caucasian
(Makarova et al. 2005)
(Ueda et al. 2003)

Other genes

CTLA4 (CD152) Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 2q33 49A > G Chinese (Yang et al. 2004)

KLK (SCCE) Kallikrein (stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme) 19q13.33 AACCAACC variant of the KLK7 (SCCE) British (Vasilopoulos et al. 2004)

RUNX1 Runt-related transcription factor 1 binding site between solute carrier rs734232 Japanese (Hosomi et al. 2004)

IRF-2 Interferon regulatory factor 2 4q35 829C>T
830C>T
684C>T
467G>A
921G>A), 10-bp deletion in 3′ UTR
1739[ATCCC]8>6
Japanese (Nishio et al. 2001)

FCER1B High affinity IgE receptor beta chain 11q13 RsaIin2, RsaIex7 British (Cox et al. 1998)

PHF11 Plant homeodomain Zink finger 11 protein 13q14 intron3 T>C
3UTR G>A
Australian (Jang et al. 2005)