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ArticleBalkan medical journal2016

MyD 88 Polymorphisms in Children Diagnosed with Sepsis.

Sinem Sarı Gökay, Rıza Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Mustafa Yılmaz, Kıymet Aksoy, Ali Erdinç Yalın, Yaşar Sertdemir, Gülsüm Uçar, Özden Özgür Horoz, Fatma Derya Özduran, Hayri Levent Yılmaz

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Article in Balkan medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Sinem Sarı GökayDeparment of Pediatrics, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Rıza Dinçer YıldızdaşDeparment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Mustafa YılmazDeparment of Pediatrics, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Kıymet AksoyDepartment of Biochemistry, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Ali Erdinç YalınDepartment of Biochemistry, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Yaşar SertdemirDepartment of Biostatistics, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Gülsüm UçarDepartment of Pediatric Immunology Laboratory, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Özden Özgür HorozDeparment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Fatma Derya ÖzduranDeparment of Pediatrics, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Hayri Levent YılmazDeparment of Pediatrics, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Cukurova University · TR

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Abstract

backgroundMyeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD 88) is an intracellular adapter protein that mediates the early immune response to pathogens. Toll-like receptors (except TLR-3) induce the immune response through a MyD 88-dependent signal pathway.

aimsWe aimed to investigate the MyD 88 polymorphisms that play important roles in the immune response in septic children and to evaluate whether or not they were risk factors in the development of sepsis. STUDY

designCase-control study.

methodsSixty-five patients diagnosed with sepsis in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit during the period from April 2010 to January 2012 were included as the study group. Sixty-five children without sepsis were included as controls. After DNA was obtained from blood samples in the study and control groups, MyD 88 polymorphisms were analyzed. According to the genotype and allele frequencies, the distributions of MyD 88 polymorphisms [Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) - 938 C/A (rs4988453), MyD 88 SNP 1944 C/G (rs4988457)] were analyzed in both the study and control groups.

resultsThe C/C genotype of MyD 88 SNP -938 was significantly more common than the C/A genotype in the patient group (p=0.002). No statistically significant difference in the frequency of the MyD 88 SNP 1944 genotype was found between the study and control groups (p=0.272).

conclusionGene polymorphism studies could elucidate our understanding of sepsis in terms of prevalence and the management of treatment. It was shown in this study that children with the MyD 88 SNP -938 C/C genotype had a greater tendency toward sepsis. However, additional studies should be performed.

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ChildrenMyD 88 gene polymorphismsepsis

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PMCPMC5156451
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