AB0004 TLR10 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA IN A CAUCASIAN SPANISH POPULATION (NORTHERN SPAIN)

Abstract

Background:Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory cutaneous disease affecting terminal hair follicles in apocrine-gland bearing skin. The pathogenesis of HS is still unknown, although increasing evidence suggests that the immune system plays an important role. In order to study the role of innate immunity we analyzed several Toll Like Receptors (TLRs) functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). To date, only one previous study focused about the role of TLR4 SNPs in HS showing no association with this disease.Objectives:The main goal of this study was to analyze the role of several TLRs functional SNPs in HS patients and healthy controls, in a Caucasian population from Cantabria (northern Spain).Methods:Through a case-control study, we analyzed the allele and genotype distribution of the SNPs in 106 patients with HS and 278 age and sex matched healthy control subjects for the following SNPs (TLR1 rs5743611 and rs4833095, TLR2 rs5743704 and rs5743708, TLR6 rs5743810, and TLR10 rs11096955, rs11096957 and rs4129009, by Real-Time PCR using a TaqMan assay.Results:We did not find any significant difference in the allelic distribution of the different SNPs between HS patients and controls. Regarding genotypes, only TLR10 rs11096955 (dominant, codominant and overdominant), rs11096957 (dominant, codominant and overdominant) and rs4129009 (codominant and overdominant) showed significant differences between HS patients and controls. However, no association was found when we analyzed the different TLR10 haplotypes.Conclusion:To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing an association of TLR10 SNPs with HS.