Determination of mutations in iron regulating genes of beta thalassemia major patients of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Autor: Maryam Shah, Lubna Danish, Najeeb U. Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Ismail, Mehfooz Hussain, Ruqiya Pervaiz, Aqib Iqbal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 9, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2324-9269
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1310
Popis: Abstract Background Hepcidin and hemochromatosis (HFE) are iron regulatory proteins that are encoded by HAMP and HFE genes. Mutation in either HAMP gene or HFE gene causes Hepcidin protein deficiency that can lead to iron overload in beta thalassemia patients. The aim of this research work was to study the presence of G71D mutation of HAMP gene and H63D mutation of HFE gene in beta thalassemia major and minor group to check the association of these mutations with serum ferritin level of beta thalassemia patients. Methods The study was conducted on 42 beta thalassemia major and 20 beta thalassemia minor samples along with 20 control samples. The genotyping of both mutations has done by ARM‐PCR technique with specific set of primers. Results Significant effect of G71D and H63D mutations was observed on serum ferritin level of thalassemia major group. The risk allele of HAMP G71D and HFE H63D was found with high frequency (48% and 49%, respectively) in beta thalassemia major than in control group. High genotypic frequency of HAMP and HFE gene mutation gene mutation was observed in beta thalassemia major than beta thalassemia minor and control group (7% and 9%, respectively). Conclusion It can be concluded that both HAMP and HFE gene mutations show high frequency in beta thalassemia major patients and mean significant association between mutations and high serum ferritin level of beta thalassemia major patients but the nonsignificant results of Odd ratios showed that both mutations do not act as major risk factor in beta thalassemia major.
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