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ArticleJournal of negative results in biomedicine2015

No association of apolipoprotein B gene polymorphism and blood lipids in obese Egyptian subjects.

Neda M Bogari, Azza M Abdel-Latif, Maha A Hassan, Abeer Ramadan, Ahmed Fawzy

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Article in Journal of negative results in biomedicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Neda M BogariFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. nmbogari@uqu.edu.sa.
Azza M Abdel-LatifDivision of Human Genetics & Genome Researches, Department of Molecular Genetics and Enzymology, National Research Centre, 33 Bohouth St. Dokki, Giza, Egypt. azzaabdellatif1@gmail.com.
Maha A HassanHolding Company for Biological products and Vaccines (VACSERA-Egypt), Cairo, Egypt. maha_kh6@hotmail.com.
Abeer RamadanDivision of Human Genetics & Genome Researches, Department of Molecular Genetics and Enzymology, National Research Centre, 33 Bohouth St. Dokki, Giza, Egypt. beromoad@yahoo.com.
Ahmed FawzyDivision of Human Genetics & Genome Researches, Department of Molecular Genetics and Enzymology, National Research Centre, 33 Bohouth St. Dokki, Giza, Egypt. afawzy1978@yahoo.com.
National Research Centre · EGUmm al-Qura University · SAVacsera (Egypt) · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral environmental and genetic factors are associated with high levels of lipids in obese patients. Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is the major protein component of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), very-low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and chylomicrons and plays a central role in lipid metabolism. Several apoB restriction fragment length polymorphisms (XbaI, EcoRI, MspI) have been reported to be associated with variation in lipid levels and obesity. To date, no data are available on the relationship between XbaI polymorphism and lipid levels in Egyptian populations. Following clinical profiling, 178 obese (body mass index [BMI] >25 kg/m(2)) and 178 age-matched non-obese (BMI ≤ 25 kg/m(2)) subjects were included in this case-control study. All samples were analysed for total cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL-cholesterol. Genetic analysis of apoB XbaI (X) was performed using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The aim of this study was to assess the association of apoB XbaI gene polymorphism (X) and lipid profiles in obese and non-obese Egyptian populations.

resultsObese subjects demonstrated significantly higher values of waist-to-hip ratio, blood pressure, and total lipid. However, in our sample we did not find significant differences in apoB XbaI gene polymorphism (X) genotype or allele frequencies. Moreover, none of the studied lipid parameters showed any association with the gene polymorphism.

conclusionThis study reveals no significant association of apoB XbaI gene polymorphism (X) with obesity or lipid profiles in an Egyptian population.

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AdultApolipoproteins BCase-Control StudiesCholesterol, LDLCholesterol, VLDLEgyptFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityPolymorphism, Single NucleotideYoung AdultApolipoproteins BCholesterol, LDLCholesterol, VLDL

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