Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009; 4 (4): 207-213
em Inglês
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| ID: emr-106519
ABSTRACT
Vitamin-D receptor [VDR] and tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-alpha] genes are thought to be important in the intracellular killing of mycobacteria. This study aimed to determine the association of VDR and TNF-alpha variant with development of pulmonary tuberculosis [PTB] among Iranian patients. Selected regions of VDR and TNF-alpha were amplified, and then the PCR products were digested using restriction enzyme [RFLP]. Digested products were run on 8% polyacrylamide gel, and were stained with silver-nitrate. Single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs] at restriction sites of BsmI, and FokI of VDR gene and SNPs of TNF-alpha at-238,-308,-244,-857,-863 positions were analyzed by PCR-RFLP among 117 PTB cases and 60 healthy controls. No statistically significant difference was observed in allele frequencies of FokI of VDR and TNF-alpha at-238,-244,-863 and-857 position. Although, the frequency of b allele of BsmI [p=0.001] and-308 A variant in TNF-alpha promoter region [p=0.006] were significantly more in PTB patients than healthy controls. The frequency of extended diplotypes were different in patients and control subjects [p<0.05]. This study confirmed the association of VDR BsmI and TNF-alpha-308A with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Iranian PTB patients. In addition, the results showed the importance of haplotypes and diplotypes analysis in determining the host susceptibility against TB
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Assunto principal:
Polimorfismo Genético
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Tuberculose Pulmonar
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Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa
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Receptores de Calcitriol
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Iran. J. Clin. Infect. Dis.
Ano de publicação:
2009
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