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ArticleCytotechnology2015

Investigation of relationship between IL-6 gene variants and hypertension in Turkish population.

Esin Karaman, Meral Urhan Kucuk, Aysegul Bayramoglu, Semire Uzun Göçmen, Süleyman Ercan, Halil Ibrahim Guler, Yunus Kucukkaya, Sema Erden

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Article in Cytotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Advances in the Genetics of Hypertension: The Effect of Rare Variants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Esin KaramanDepartment of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey.
Meral Urhan KucukDepartment of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey. meralurhan@hotmail.com.
Aysegul BayramogluDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
Semire Uzun GöçmenDepartment of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey.
Süleyman ErcanDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Halil Ibrahim GulerDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
Yunus KucukkayaDepartment of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey.
Sema ErdenDepartment of Medical Documentation and Secretarial, Vocational School of Health Services, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
Adıyaman University · TRArtvin Coruh University · TRGaziantep University · TRMersin Üniversitesi · TRMustafa Kemal University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension (HT) is a common and life threating health problem worldwide leading to stroke, heart attack and renal failure. It is characterized by elevated blood pressure forced heart load. Human interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C- reactive protein (CRP) are known to be involved in inflammatory processes. IL-6 gene is a polymorphic gene which -174 G/C is a common and -572 G/C is a rare polymorphisms identified in promoter region. Publications on IL-6 gene polymorphisms raised the question whether this gene polymorphisms lead to susceptibility to HT or not. To investigate the effects of IL-6 gene -174 G/C (rs 1800795) and -572 G/C (rs1800796) polymorphisms on plasma IL-6 and CRP levels and their associations with hypertension disease in Turkish population we analyzed -174 G/C and -572 G/C polymorphisms and plasma IL-6 and CRP levels in 111 healthy controls and 108 hypertension patients from Adıyaman, Turkey. We determined the genotypes using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and analyzed plasma levels of IL-6 by ELISA and CRP by automated standard biochemical methods. We have found no statistically significant differences between IL-6 gene -174 G/C and -572 G/C genotypes and allelic frequencies and IL-6 and CRP plasma levels and HT (p > 0.05). No CC genotype was found in control subjects for -572 G/C polymorphism. In conclusion, we found relation to -174 G/C and -572 G/C gene variants between neither IL-6 and CRP levels nor hypertension. The -572 G allele and GG genotype are predominant in Turkish population in Adıyaman, Turkey whereas the CC genotype is very rare.

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−174 G/C, −572 G/C gene variantsCRPHypertensionIL-6 gene polymorphism

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PMID24811130
PMCPMC4628916
OpenAlexW2049919358

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