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Interferon Gamma Gene Polymorphism (+874 T > A) and Chronic Hepatitis B in the Population of Gorgan, North-Eastern Iran.

ABSTRACT: Based on differences in individual immune responses to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), between 5% and 10% of patients become persistently infected with the virus, which leads to the determination of chronic HBV. Cytokines such as interferon gamma (IFN-?) are secretory proteins that play important roles in both innate and adaptive immune responses. Functional studies have demonstrated that the IFN + 874A/T gene polymorphism can increase or decrease the overall expression of IFN-gamma (?) and ultimately determine the outcome of the infection.This study was performed to investigate the relationship between the IFN-? + 874 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to chronic HBV infection.Polymorphism detection analysis was performed on 598 subjects from North-Eastern Iran. The IFN-? gene polymorphism (+ 874A/T) was genotyped through a specific sequence primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR).The frequencies of the AA, AT, and TT genotypes were 31%, 51%, and 18% in the chronic HBV patient group, and 40%, 45%, and 15% in the healthy control group, respectively. However, a lack of association of the + 874 polymorphism in the IFN-? gene of those with chronic HBV infection was found. Evaluation of HBV association with this polymorphism was significant under the dominant genetic model (P = 0.04).Ultimately, no association could be characterized between the polymorphism in IFN-? + 874A/T and susceptibility to chronic HBV infection in this segment of the Iranian population (P > 0.05).

SUBMITTER: Ghasemian N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5080914 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Interferon Gamma Gene Polymorphism (+874 T > A) and Chronic Hepatitis B in the Population of Gorgan, North-Eastern Iran.

Ghasemian Nadia N Shahbazi Majid M

Jundishapur journal of microbiology 20160821 8

<h4>Background</h4>Based on differences in individual immune responses to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), between 5% and 10% of patients become persistently infected with the virus, which leads to the determination of chronic HBV. Cytokines such as interferon gamma (IFN-γ) are secretory proteins that play important roles in both innate and adaptive immune responses. Functional studies have demonstrated that the IFN + 874A/T gene polymorphism can increase or decrease the overall expression of IFN-ga ...[more]

PMID: 27800132

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Interferon Gamma Gene Polymorphism (+874 T > A) and Chronic Hepatitis B in the Population of Gorgan, North-Eastern Iran.

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Interferon Gamma Gene Polymorphism (+874 T > A) and Chronic Hepatitis B in the Population of Gorgan, North-Eastern Iran.

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