Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Forty three patients with ischemic heart failure were enrolled in this study and compared with 140 healthy individuals. The allele and genotype frequency of four Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) within the IL-6 (-174, nt565) and TNF-α (-308, -238) genes were determined, using Polymerase Chain Reaction with Sequence-Specific Primers (PCR-SSP) assay. RESULTS: The frequency of the TNF-α (-238) A/A genotype was significantly higher in patients comparing to controls (p=0.043), while TNF-α G/A genotype at the same position decreased significantly, in comparison with controls (p=0.018). The most frequent haplotype for TNF-α was A/A in the patient group in comparison with controls (p=0.003). There was no significant difference in allele and genotype frequencies of IL-6 at positions -174 and nt565, and TNF-α at position -308. CONCLUSION: Certain alleles, genotypes, and haplotypes in TNF-α, but not IL-6, gene were overrepresented in patients with ischemic heart failure, which may, in turn, predispose individuals to this disease.
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Authors | Mona Hedayat, Mohammad Jafar Mahmoudi, Mohammad Taghvaei, Ebrahim Nematipour, Elham Farhadi, Nilufar Esfahanian, Maryam Mahmoudi, Maryam Sadr, Keramat Nourijelyani, Ali Akbar Amirzargar, Nima Rezaei |
Journal | Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology
(Avicenna J Med Biotechnol)
2018 Apr-Jun
Vol. 10
Issue 2
Pg. 105-109
ISSN: 2008-2835 [Print] Iran |
PMID | 29849987
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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