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An Association Between GAS5 rs145204276, NEAT1 rs512715, and MEG3 rs4081134 Gene Polymorphisms and Papillary Thyroid
Marjan Abdi Pastaki1, Saeedeh Salimi2, Zahra Heidari3
1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Background:
This study explores the association between growth arrest-specific 5 (GAS5) rs145204276, nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) rs512715, and Maternally Expressed 3 (MEG3) rs4081134 polymorphisms and their impact on susceptibility to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), considering differential expression of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in PTC.
Methods:
A case-control study involving 125 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients and 125 controls was conducted. Genotyping of polymorphisms was performed using tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) methods.
Results:
No significant association was found between the two groups regarding genotypes and allelic frequencies of GAS-5 145204276 and MEG3 rs4081134 polymorphisms. Genetic models also showed the same results. Regarding NEAT1 rs512715, The PTC group had more GC genotypes and over-dominant models of NEAT1 rs512715 than controls, while controls showed a higher frequency of recessive models.
Conclusion:
GAS5 rs145204276 and MEG3 rs4081134 polymorphisms showed no significant association with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) risk. In contrast, NEAT1 rs512715 exhibited a significant impact on PTC development.
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