title: [Single nucleotide polymorphism of interferon-gamma gene +874 T/A in patients with aplastic anemia].
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) +874 T/A correlates with aplastic anemia. Amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the polymorphism gene segment of IFN-gamma +874 A/T from 54 aplastic anemia patients and 51 healthy adults. The results showed that the frequency of IFN-gamma +874 TT genotype and T allele was significantly higher in patients with aplastic anemia than that in the healthy adults (42.6% vs 17.6%, chi2=13.780, p=0.01; 65.7% vs 39.2%; chi2=14.811, p<0.001). In conclusion, IFN-gamma +874 A/T gene polymorphism is correlated with the susceptibility of aplastic anemia, but not significantly correlated with the the severity of aplastic anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Laboratory of Blood Genetics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. changhonghx@163.com
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jia-You
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Tong
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007371:Interferon-gamma