Background
Recent studies have shown that abnormal expression of lncRNA NEAT1 is associated with the progression of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). The aim of our study was to analyze the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of
NEAT1
gene and susceptibility to PTB.
Methods
Four SNPs (rs2239895, rs3741384, rs3825071, rs512715) in
NEAT1
gene were genotyped in 479 patients with PTB and 476 controls by improved multiple ligase detection reaction (iMLDR) in a Chinese population.
Results
We found no significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies of
NEAT1
gene rs2239895, rs3741384, rs3825071, rs512715 between PTB patients and controls (all
P
> 0.05). There was no statistically significant association between genotype frequency distribution of dominant model, as well as recessive model, and genetic susceptibility to PTB patients (all
P
> 0.05). The TT genotype, T allele frequencies of rs3825071 were significantly increased in sputum smear-positive PTB patients when compared to sputum smear-negative PTB patients (
P
= 0.010,
P
= 0.003, respectively). Haplotype analysis shown that
NEAT1
haplotype frequency was not associated with PTB susceptibility.
Conclusion
NEAT1
gene polymorphisms were not associated with the risk of PTB in Chinese population, and rs3825071 polymorphism might be related to sputum smear-positive in PTB patients.