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Use of Interferon-γ Enzyme-linked Immunospot Assay to Characterize Novel T-cell Epitopes of Human Papillomavirus
Published on: March 8, 2012
[Association of interferon-γ gene polymorphism and risk of cervical HPV infection]
Ning Wang1, Yan-ming Lu, Shi-zhuo Wang
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China.
Objective:
To investigate the association of interferon (IFN) γ gene polymorphisms and risk and prognosis of HPV cervical infection.
Methods:
PCR-ASP was used for detecting IFN-γ rs2430561 polymorphism in 179 HPV positive patients and 328 HPV negative normal controls.
Results:
The frequency of A allele of 63.7% (228/358) was significantly higher than the frequency of T allele of 36.3% (130/358) in HPV positive group (P = 0.045). The frequencies were 41.3% (74/179) in AA genotype and 14.0% (25/179) in TT genotype, women carrying AA genotype increased the risk of HPV infection compare with those with TT genotype (OR = 1.784, 95% CI: 1.031 - 3.088, P = 0.039). During follow-up, the rate of HPV positive again in AA genotype was 83.8% (62/74), while TT genotype was 20.0% (5/25). In the analysis of Kaplan-Meier, the cumulative HPV negative rates of AA, TA and TT genotype exhibited significantly different (P = 0.008). The cumulative HPV negative rate of AA genotype was the lowest (1.1% - 5.9%).
Conclusions:
IFN-γ rs2430561 polymorphisms confer the susceptibility to HPV infection. Women with AA genotype exhibited higher risk of infection and inclined to be continuous status and recurrence after HPV infection.
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