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Measurement of Factor V Activity in Human Plasma Using a Microplate Coagulation Assay
Published on: September 9, 2012
Frequency of thrombophilia associated genes variants: population-based study
Natalia Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek1,2,3, Adam Jacek Krętowski4, Renata Posmyk5,6
1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, ul. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 24A, 15-276, Białystok, Poland. natalia.kurylonek@gmail.com.
Background:
Thrombophilia is a hypercoagulable state that may have a genetic basis (inherited) or can be acquired. It is a multifactorial condition and only the mutual interactions between the environment and genes may lead to the development of clinical manifestation. This state is the main factor promoting venous (rarely arterial) thromboembolism (VTE). Inherited thrombophilia is mainly associated with two pathogenic variants in the V coagulation factor (FV) and the prothrombin (FII) genes. The aim of our study was to evaluate the frequency of two pathogenic variants in FII and FV genes as inherited thrombophilia factors in a group within the Polish population in comparison with other described populations.
Methods:
All studied groups consisted of 633 unrelated patients aged between 18 and 70. Individuals in the research group come from the Podlasie region of Poland. Genotyping of FII and FV variants was performed using the 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System and were genotyped by TaqMan assay.
Results:
The pathogenic allele frequency for A allele was 0.03 (3%) and 0.07 (7%) for FII and FV genes, respectively. The GA/AA genotypes (c.*97G > A variant) were observed in only 33 (5.03%) individuals in the studied group. Additionally, the frequency of GA/AA genotypes was over 17.4% in the coagulation factor V. Co-incidence of heterozygous genotype GA of variants FII and FV genes was observed in only 4 subjects.
Conclusion:
The FII gene variant shown in our study is less frequent than in other European countries (about 6%). In contrast, the A allele of the FV gene occurs with a frequency similar to that of Northern, Central and South Central Europe (about 5%).
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