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ATIC 347C>G gene polymorphism may be associated with methotrexate-induced adverse events in south Indian Tamil
Niveditha Muralidharan1, Christina M Mariaselvam1, Vikramraj K Jain1
1Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
Aim:
To find the association of ATIC 347C>G gene polymorphism with methotrexate (MTX) treatment response and MTX-induced adverse events in south Indian Tamil patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Patients & Methods:
A total of 319 rheumatoid arthritis and 310 healthy controls were recruited for the study and ATIC 347C>G gene polymorphism was analyzed by PCR-RFLP method.
Results:
The genotype and allele frequencies of ATIC 347 C>G SNP did not differ between good and nonresponders and hence this SNP was not found to be associated with MTX treatment response. However, the ATIC 347 GG genotype (p = 0.02; odds ratio [OR]: 4.46; 95% CI: 1.28-15.52) and mutant G allele was associated with MTX-induced gastrointestinal adverse events (p = 0.01; OR: 2.60; 95% CI: 1.27-5.35).
Conclusion:
ATIC 347C>G gene polymorphism may be associated with the development of MTX induced gastrointestinal adverse events.
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