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Table 1 Genetic association studies of the CD14 C-159T polymorphism and infectious disease

From: Bench-to-bedside review: Association of genetic variation with sepsis

Reference

Patients/cells

n

Association

[41]

1st time MI male patients; mean age 55.9 ± 6.3 years

178 cases, 135 controls, 18 volunteers

T ↑ cases (OR 1.78)

   

T ↑ mCD14

[108]

Children

481

TT ↑ sCD14 (P = 0.01)

[109]

Patients with severe sepsis

204 cases, 247 controls

No difference in allele f between cases and controls; no association with mortality

[110]

Monocytes/hepatocytes

 

T ↓ binding of Sp1,2,3, TFs

[111]

Healthy blood donors

95 unstimulated blood samples

No difference in sCD14, mCD14, or TNF concentration by genotype

[34]

White septic shock patients

95 cases, 122 controls

TT ↑ in septic shock patients and associated with ↑ risk of mortality

[35]

Severely injured blunt trauma patients

58 cases, 95 controls

No difference between cases and controls

[36]

ICU patients with SIRS

77 cases, 39 controls

No association with incidence of infection or outcome

[112]

PBMCs from healthy persons stimulated with bacterial ligands

22

TT ↑ TNF-α mRNA levels after Escherichia coli or LPS stimulation

[113]

Healthy subjects

315

TT ↑ risk for Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

[114]

Very low birth weight infants

356

No association with development of blood-culture proven sepsis

[115]

Tuberculosis patients

267 cases, 112 controls

No association with tuberculosis or sCD14 levels

[116]

PBMCs and plasma from healthy individuals

165

TT ↑ mCD14

   

TT and CT ↑ sCD14

   

TT ↑ TNF-α after Chlamydia stimulation

[117]

CAD patients (78 Chlamydia positive)

610

T allele associated with ↑ likelihood of chronic Chlamydia infection

[118]

Acute pancreatitis

117 cases, 263 controls

No association with sCD14 or mCD14

   

No association with disease severity

[119]

Acute pancreatitis

77 cases, 71 controls

No association with severity of pancreatitis

[48]

ICU patients with SIRS

252 patients

TT ↑ Gram negative cultures

[39]

Critically ill Japanese patients

197 cases, 214 controls

No association with sepsis or sepsis mortality

[120]

Blood from healthy individuals

160

No association with cytokine release after stimulation

[38]

ICU patients in Brazil

85

TT ↑ survival

[121]

Term neonates cord blood cultures

135

CD14 -159T ↑ sCD14 in response to LPS

[122]

Children with invasive pneumococcal disease, healthy controls

85 and 409, respectively

↑ prevalence of CC genotype in patients with S. pneumoniae

  1. CAD, coronary artery disease; f, frequency; ICU, intensive care unit; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; mCD14, membrane bound CD14; MI, myocardial infarction; OR, odds ratio; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cell; sCD14, soluble CD14; TF, tissue factor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.