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ArticleJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology2016

IL-18 gene polymorphism in patients with visceral leishmaniasis in East Azarbaijan, Iran.

Ehsan Ahmadpour, Ahad Bazmani, Mohamad Hasan Kohansal, Abdolhasan Kazemi, Zohre Babaloo

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Article in Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Human visceral leishmaniasis and polymorphisms in interleukin-coding genes: a systematic review.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2024
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ehsan AhmadpourToxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran ; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ahad BazmaniInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mohamad Hasan KohansalDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Abdolhasan KazemiDrug Applied Research Center, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Zohre BabalooImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRZanjan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania species. According to the important role of cellular immunity against VL, this study was directed to determine the frequency of -607A/C and -137G/C genotypes on promoter region of interleukin-18 gene. The study groups included 91 patients with confirmed history of VL, 106 healthy seronegative, and 79 healthy seropositive individuals. All three groups were analyzed by amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR). The highest rate of -607/A, and -607/C alleles was observed in seronegative individuals (66/67 %) and in the patients (72/83 %). Allele frequency of -607/C is more than -607/A allele in all groups. In position of -137, frequency of -137/G allele in all groups was more than -137/C. Statistical analysis of distribution of genotypes, did not reveal any significant difference among groups. On the basis of the results, there was no significant association between VL and polymorphism of IL-18 promoter. The results of this study showed that IL-18 gene promoter polymorphisms at positions -607 and -137 are not associated with VL in East Azerbaijan, Iran.

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ARMS-PCREast AzerbaijanInterleukin-18IranVisceral leishmaniasis

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PMID27605823
PMCPMC4996232
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