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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2016

Association of tumor necrosis factor-α and -β gene polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel disease.

Ebtissam Saleh Al-Meghaiseeb, Abdulrahman A Al-Robayan, Mulfi Mubarak Al-Otaibi, Misbahul Arfin, Abdulrahman K Al-Asmari

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ebtissam Saleh Al-MeghaiseebDepartment of Gastroenterology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman A Al-RobayanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mulfi Mubarak Al-OtaibiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Misbahul ArfinResearch Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman K Al-AsmariResearch Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex, multifactorial, chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract in which immune dysregulation caused by genetic and/or environmental factors plays an important role. The aim of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) (308) and -β (+252) polymorphisms with susceptibility of IBD. A total of 379 Saudi subjects including 179 IBD patients (ulcerative colitis (UC) =84 and Crohn's disease (CD) =95) and 200 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. TNF-α and TNF-β genes were amplified using an amplification refractory mutation systems polymerase chain reaction methodology to detect TNF-α (-308) and -β (+252) polymorphisms. The frequency of the GA genotype of TNF-α (-308G/A) was higher, and the frequencies of the GG and AA genotypes were significantly lower in IBD patients compared with those in controls, indicating that genotype GA-positive individuals are susceptible to IBD and that the GG and AA genotypes exert a protective effect. The frequency of allele A of TNF-α (-308G/A) was significantly higher and that of allele G was lower in IBD patients compared with those in controls, indicating an association of allele A with IBD risk in Saudi patients. On stratification of IBD patients into UC and CD, an almost similar pattern was noticed in both the groups. The results of TNF-β (+252A/G) polymorphisms showed a significant increase in the frequency of the GG genotype in IBD patients, suggesting a positive association of GG genotype with IBD risk. On stratification of IBD patients into UC and CD, the genotype GG of TNF-β was associated with susceptibility risk to UC but not CD. The frequencies of alleles and genotypes of both TNF-α and-β polymorphisms are not affected by sex or type of IBD (familial or sporadic). TNF-α (-308G/A) and TNF-β (+252A/G) polymorphisms are associated with risk of developing IBD in Saudi population.

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Crohn’s diseaseinflammatory bowel diseasepolymorphismSaudistumor necrosis factorulcerative colitis

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PMID27382325
PMCPMC4918894
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