PMID- 27434019 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180104 LR - 20180612 IS - 1399-3038 (Electronic) IS - 0905-6157 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 7 DP - 2016 Nov TI - No simple answers for the Finnish and Russian Karelia allergy contrast: Methylation of CD14 gene. PG - 721-727 LID - 10.1111/pai.12612 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Finnish and Russian Karelian children have a highly contrasting occurrence of asthma and allergy. In these two environments, we studied associations between total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) with methylation levels in cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14). METHODS: Five hundred Finnish and Russian Karelian children were included in four groups: Finnish children with high IgE (n = 126) and low IgE (n = 124) as well as Russian children with high IgE (n = 125) and low IgE (n = 125). DNA was extracted from whole blood cells and pyrosequenced. Three CpG sites were selected in the promoter region of CD14. RESULTS: Methylation levels in two of the three CpG sites were higher in the Finnish compared to Russian Karelian children. In the promoter area of CD14, the Finnish compared to Russian children with low IgE had a significant (p < 0.0001) increase in methylation levels at the Amp5Site 2. Likewise, the Finnish compared to Russian children with high IgE had a significant (p = 0.003) increase in methylation levels at the Amp5Site 3. In Russian children with low vs. high IgE, there were significant differences in methylation levels, but this was not the case on the Finnish side. In the regression analysis, adding the methylation variation of CD14 to the model did not explain the higher asthma and allergy risk in the Finnish children. CONCLUSIONS: The methylation levels in the promoter region of CD14 gene were higher in the Finnish compared to Russian Karelian children. However, the methylation variation of this candidate gene did not explain the asthma and allergy contrast between these two areas. CI - (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Khoo, Siew-Kim AU - Khoo SK AD - School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. Kim.Khoo@telethonkids.org.au. FAU - Makela, Mika AU - Makela M AD - Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - Chandler, David AU - Chandler D AD - Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd, Perth, WA, Australia. FAU - Schultz, En Nee AU - Schultz EN AD - School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. FAU - Jamieson, Sarra E AU - Jamieson SE AD - Telethon Kids Institute, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. FAU - Goldblatt, Jack AU - Goldblatt J AD - Genetic Services & Familial Cancer Program of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, WA, Australia. FAU - Haahtela, Tari AU - Haahtela T AD - Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - LeSouef, Peter AU - LeSouef P AD - School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. FAU - Zhang, Guicheng AU - Zhang G AD - School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. brad.zhang@curtin.edu.au. AD - Telethon Kids Institute, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. brad.zhang@curtin.edu.au. AD - School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. brad.zhang@curtin.edu.au. AD - Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. brad.zhang@curtin.edu.au. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160912 PL - England TA - Pediatr Allergy Immunol JT - Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology JID - 9106718 RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharide Receptors) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Allergens/immunology MH - Asthma/epidemiology/*genetics MH - Child MH - CpG Islands/*genetics MH - DNA Methylation MH - Female MH - Finland/epidemiology MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Humans MH - Hypersensitivity/epidemiology/*genetics MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood MH - Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/*genetics MH - Male MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Prevalence MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/*genetics MH - Risk MH - Russia/epidemiology MH - Socioeconomic Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - cluster of differentiation 14 OT - allergy OT - asthma OT - immunoglobulin E OT - methylation EDAT- 2016/10/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/05 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/20 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/20 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/pai.12612 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2016 Nov;27(7):721-727. doi: 10.1111/pai.12612. Epub 2016 Sep 12.