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Association of mannose-binding lectin-2 gene polymorphism with the development of hepatitis C-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.
Eurich, Dennis; Boas-Knoop, Sabine; Morawietz, Lars; Neuhaus, Ruth; Somasundaram, Rajan; Ruehl, Martin; Neumann, Ulf P; Neuhaus, Peter; Bahra, Marcus; Seehofer, Daniel.
Afiliação
  • Eurich D; General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany. dennis.eurich@charite.de
Liver Int ; 31(7): 1006-12, 2011 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21733090
BACKGROUND: Development of end-stage liver and graft disease is suspected to be partially determined by the individual genetic background. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an important immunomodulatory factor, which is supposed to be involved in complement activation and oncogenesis. Genetic polymorphisms of MBL-2 alter MBL functionality. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of MBL-2 polymorphism (rs7096206) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on histological analysis of explanted livers in patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT). METHODS: One hundred and seventy-seven patients, who underwent LT for HCV-induced liver disease, were genotyped for MBL-2 by TaqMan genotyping assay. Sixty-two patients with histologically confirmed HCC were compared with 115 patients without HCC. MBL-2 genotypes were corelated with the growth patern, tumour size and pretransplant α-fetoprotein (AFP) level of HCC patients. RESULTS: The prevalence of GG/GC genotypes was significantly higher among HCC patients compared with tumour-free explanted livers (P = 0.004; odds ratio 2.5; 1.3-4.8). GG/GC genotype group was significantly associated with the size of HCC (P = 0.022), higher pretransplant AFP level (P = 0.010) and bilobar tumour growth (P = 0.038). Furthermore, CC genotype was found to be significantly more frequent in AFP-negative HCCs (P = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Mannose-binding lectin-2 polymorphism seems to be involved in the development of pretransplant HCV-induced HCC and should be further investigated as potential risk factor for HCV-associated carcinogenesis.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Polimorfismo Genético / Hepatite C / Carcinoma Hepatocelular / Lectina de Ligação a Manose / Neoplasias Hepáticas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Polimorfismo Genético / Hepatite C / Carcinoma Hepatocelular / Lectina de Ligação a Manose / Neoplasias Hepáticas Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article