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No Association between polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor gene and helicobacter pylori infection in Han Chinese in central China
Lan Li, Bing Xia, Chun Li
Lan Li, Bing Xia, Chun Li, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Research Center of Digestive Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital; Key Lab of Allergy and Immune-Related Diseases, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China
Supported by: the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, No. 2000J047.
Correspondence to: Dr. Bing Xia, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University School of Medicine, 169 Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China. bingxia2004@yahoo.com.cn
Received: November 15, 2005 Revised: November 21, 2005 Accepted: November 24, 2005 Published online: January 28, 2006
AIM: To investigate the association of gene polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) 308, lymphotoxin-alpha (LT-α) with H. pylori infection in Han Chinese in central China.
METHODS: Specific polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) were used to detect the genotypes of leukocyte genome DNA, TNF-α 308 and LT-α gene in the peripheral blood of 264 healthy volunteers from Wuhan, China. H. pylori infection status was determined by a validated serological test.
RESULTS: The positive rate of H. pylori infection was 62.1%(164/264) in the healthy volunteers. There was no significant difference in allele frequencies of TNF-α 308, LT-α AspHⅠ, and LT-α NcoⅠ between H. pylori positive and negative group. In comparison with Spanish Caucasian, the frequency of TNF-α 308 allele was not significantly different in Chinese, but the allele frequencies of LT-α AspHⅠ GG and NcoⅠ AA were markedly lower (P < 0.000 1, OR = 0.207, 95%CI: 0.104 6-0.409 6; P = 0.000 1, OR = 0.396 3, 95%CI: 0.247 1-0.635 7). However, the frequencies of LT-α AspHⅠ CC and NcoⅠ GG were notably higher (P = 0.005 7, OR = 2.043, 95%CI: 1.241-3.366; P = 0.000 4, OR = 3.644, 95%CI: 1.677-7.915).
CONCLUSION: The polymorphisms of TNF-α 308, LT-α NcoⅠ, and LT-α AspHⅠ are not correlated with the susceptibility of H. pylori infection in healthy Han Chinese in central China.
Citation: Li L, Xia B, Li C. No Association between polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor gene and helicobacter pylori infection in Han Chinese in central China. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2006; 14(3): 287-292
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