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Candidate Gene Testing in Clinical Cohort Studies with Multiplexed Genotyping and Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 21, 2018
Association of interleukin-18 gene polymorphism and its protein expression with the lower extremity deep venous
Ye-Long Chen1, Li-Hong Shou2, Zong-Xin Zhang1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, China.
Objective:
We aim to explain the correlation among IL-18 gene polymorphism, its protein expression and LEDVT in the Chinese Han population.
Methods:
A total of 138 LEDVT patients and 150 healthy people volunteered as LEDVT and control groups. All the data, including the gender, age, BMI, levels of TG, LDL/HDL, TC, GLU, APTT, BUN, Cr, ALT, AST, ApoA1, ApoB, and Fg was detected. IL-18 level, IL-18 -137G/C and -607C/A polymorphism, and risk factors of LEDVT were detected using ELISA, PCR-RFLP and multivariate logistic regression analysis, respectively.
Results:
Increased BMI, GLU, Fg, BUN, ApoB and IL-18 and decreased APTT were found in the LEDVT group. The GC + CC genotype and C allele in -137G/C polymorphism was elevated in the control group when compared to that in the LEDVT group. The IL-18 level was elevated in the case group when compared to the control group with respect to the same genotype in -607C/A and -137G/C polymorphisms, and in the LEDVT group, IL-18 level was higher in the GG genotype than that in the GC + CC genotype of -137G/C polymorphism. BUN, GG genotype and IL-18 level were independent risk factors, but APTT was a protective factor of LEDVT.
Conclusion:
On the basis of our results, we concluded that the GG genotype of -137G/C polymorphism and IL-18 level are independent risk factors of LEDVT, and IL-18 gene polymorphism affects the level of IL-18 in LEDVT patients.
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