Investigation of rs11536889 + 3725G/C Polymorphism of the TLR4 Gene in Patients with Autoimmune and Chronic Viral Hepatitis C
Autor: | O. V. Gorodna, T. I. Bevz, V. S. Berezenko, Y. G. Antypkin, L. A. Livshits, M. B. Dyba, V. I. Bulavenko, L. V. Moroz, A. M. Kucherenko, V. M. Pampukha |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine METAVIR Fibrosis Score medicine.medical_specialty Population Autoimmune hepatitis 01 natural sciences Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences Internal medicine Genotype Genetics medicine Allele education Tissue homeostasis education.field_of_study business.industry Cell Biology medicine.disease Type I interferon production Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Genotype frequency 030104 developmental biology business 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | Cytology and Genetics. 53:300-306 |
ISSN: | 1934-9440 0095-4527 |
Popis: | Toll-like receptor 4 (encoded by TLR4 gene) has a variety of functions, including tissue homeostasis, regulation of cell death and survival via activation of signaling pathways which lead to interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF-3) activation and type I interferon production. TLR4 may have a crucial role in pathogenesis of complex and infectious diseases. Functional polymorphism TLR4 +3725G/C substitution (rs11536889) leads to faster transcript degradation and receptors number decrease. The study investigated TLR4 rs11536889 genotype and allele distribution in healthy volunteers from Ukraine (n = 155), autoimmune hepatitis (AH) children (n = 56) and chronic hepatitis C (CHC) adult patients with various fibrosis severity stages (n = 78). Genotyping was performed by allele-specific PCR. The obtained genotype frequencies in Ukrainian population were: GG genotype—0.813, GC—0.168, CC—0.019 and showed no significant deviation from the ones expected according to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. AH and CHC patients were divided according to METAVIR fibrosis score into two groups—with stages F1–F2, and with F3–F4. The frequency of rs11536889 C allele carriers were higher in the group of AH patients with F3–F4 (0.179) comparing to patients with F1–F2 (0.071). This data did not reach the threshold for significance but showed a trend toward association between C allele carriers and higher fibrosis degree. Moreover, the significantly (p < 0.05) higher frequency of C allele carriers was observed in CHC patients with higher fibrosis degree (0.400) compared to patients with lower degree (0.057). Severe liver damage risk in such individuals is 11 increased (OR = 11.11, 95% CI: 2.70–45.66). Thus, TLR4 rs11536889 C allele is associated with higher level of fibrotic liver damage in patients with chronic hepatitis. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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