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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2014

Lack of association between autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and germline polymorphisms of the thyrotropin receptor and Gαs genes in a mild to moderate iodine-deficient Caucasian population.

Teresa Manuela Vicchio, Salvatore Giovinazzo, Rosaria Certo, Mariapaola Cucinotta, Carmelo Micali, Sergio Baldari, Salvatore Benvenga, Francesco Trimarchi, Alfredo Campennì, Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The EANM guideline on radioiodine therapy of benign thyroid disease.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023
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  3. Germline Variants in DNA Repair Genes, Diagnostic Radiation, and Risk of Thyroid Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2018
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teresa Manuela VicchioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
Salvatore Giovinazzo
Rosaria Certo
Mariapaola Cucinotta
Carmelo Micali
Sergio Baldari
Salvatore Benvenga
Francesco Trimarchi
Alfredo Campennì
Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMutations of the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) and/or Gαs gene have been found in a number of, but not all, autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs). Recently, in a 15-year-old girl with a hyperfunctioning papillary thyroid carcinoma, we found two somatic and germline single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): a SNP of the TSHR gene (exon 7, codon 187) and a SNP of Gαs gene (exon 8, codon 185). The same silent SNP of the TSHR gene had been reported in patients with AFTN or familial non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism. No further data about the prevalence of the two SNPs in AFTNs as well as in the general population are available in the literature.

aimTo clarify the possible role of these SNPs in predisposing to AFTN.

methodsGermline DNA was extracted from blood leukocytes of 115 patients with AFTNs (43 males and 72 females, aged 31-85 years, mean ± SD = 64 ± 13) and 100 sex-matched healthy individuals from the same geographic area, which is marginally iodine deficient. The genotype distribution of the two SNPs was investigated by restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction.

resultsThe prevalence of the two SNPs in our study population was low and not different to that found in healthy individuals: 8 % of patients vs. 9 % of controls were heterozygous for the TSHR SNP and 4 % patients vs. 6 % controls were heterozygous for the Gαs SNP. One patient harbored both SNPs.

conclusionsThese results suggest that these two SNPs do not confer susceptibility for the development of AFTN.

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Germ-Line MutationPolymorphism, GeneticAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAllelesFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Association StudiesGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GsHumansIodineMaleMiddle AgedReceptors, ThyrotropinGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GsIodineReceptors, Thyrotropin

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PMID24789540
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