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Dawood Ali Salim Dawood1, Anwar Madlool Al-Janabi2, Rana Talib Al-Muswie3
1Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, Wasit University, Kut 52001, Iraq.
Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology
|December 12, 2025
Resumen
Las variaciones del gen STAT4 están relacionadas con el desarrollo de la artritis reumatoide (AR) en Irak. Polimorfismos de nucleótido único (SNP) específicos se correlacionan con la susceptibilidad a la AR y marcadores clínicos como el factor reumatoide.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Genética
- Inmunología
- Reumatología
Sus antecedentes:
- La artritis reumatoide (AR) es una enfermedad autoinmune crónica influenciada por factores genéticos.
- Los polimorfismos del gen STAT4 están implicados en la patogénesis de enfermedades autoinmunes.
- Comprender la susceptibilidad genética es crucial para el manejo de la progresión de la AR.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la asociación entre los polimorfismos del gen STAT4 (rs11889341, rs10181656, rs7574865) y la susceptibilidad a la artritis reumatoide (AR) en la población iraquí.
- Explorar la correlación de estos SNP de STAT4 con parámetros clínicos y marcadores de progresión de la enfermedad en pacientes con AR.
Principales métodos:
- Estudio de casos y controles que involucró a 325 pacientes con AR y 325 controles sanos de la población iraquí.
- Se realizó la genotipificación de los SNP de STAT4 (rs11889341, rs10181656, rs7574865) utilizando la técnica Tetra-ARMS.
- Se recopilaron datos clínicos, incluyendo antecedentes familiares, factor reumatoide (FR) y niveles de anticuerpos anti-péptido citrulinado cíclico (Anti-CCP).
Principales resultados:
- Se observaron asociaciones significativas entre genotipos específicos de los SNP de STAT4 (rs11889341, rs10181656, rs7574865) y la susceptibilidad a la AR en la población iraquí.
- Los SNP rs11889341 (CC, TT) y rs10181656 (GG) mostraron significación estadística con casos de AR frente a controles.
- El SNP rs7574865 (TT) también se asoció significativamente con la AR.
- Análisis posteriores revelaron correlaciones entre genotipos específicos y parámetros clínicos: rs11889341 (CC) con antecedentes familiares y Anti-CCP; rs11889341 (TT) con FR; rs7574865 (TT) con FR y Anti-CCP; rs7574865 (GG) con antecedentes familiares.
Conclusiones:
- Los polimorfismos del gen STAT4 (rs11889341, rs10181656, rs7574865) están asociados con el desarrollo de la artritis reumatoide en la población iraquí.
- Los SNP rs11889341 y rs7574865 demostraron una relación con los antecedentes familiares, el factor reumatoide y los niveles de Anti-CCP.
- El SNP rs10181656 no mostró una asociación significativa con los parámetros clínicos estudiados en esta población.
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