Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients with pre-eclampsia.
Am J Reprod Immunol
; 60(2): 179-85, 2008 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-18705845
ABSTRACT
PROBLEM:
Considering that certain cytokines may change during pre-eclampsia (PE), because of functional polymorphisms in their genes, our purpose was to determine the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene polymorphisms and development of PE. METHOD OF STUDY The genetic polymorphisms of TNF-alpha and IL-10 was studied by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers in the DNA of peripheral blood cell from 160 patients with PE and 100 healthy pregnant women.RESULTS:
We found a significant difference between TNF-alpha A allele (-308) and G allele (-238) in PE patients compared with those of the control groups. A significantly higher C/C genotype frequency of IL-10 (-592 and -819) was observed in the PE patients than in the control groups. In addition, the frequencies of three common IL-10 haplotypes (GCC, ACC, and ATA) did not show any significant difference between the study groups.CONCLUSION:
These findings would support the concept of contribution of TNF-alpha and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of PE in our population.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pré-Eclâmpsia
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Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa
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Interleucina-10
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article