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ArticleJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology2017

Association of interferon gamma gene polymorphism and susceptibility to hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian patients: A multicenter, family-based study.

Mahmoud El-Bendary, Mustafa Neamatallah, Hatem Elalfy, Tarek Besheer, Maged El-Setouhy, Nihal Kasim, Noha T Abou El-Khier, Emily Kamel, Abdel-Hamid Eladl, Ahmad El-Waseef and 2 more

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Mahmoud El-BendaryTropical Medicine and Hepatology Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3751-5927
Mustafa NeamatallahMedical Biochemistry Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Hatem ElalfyTropical Medicine and Hepatology Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Tarek BesheerTropical Medicine and Hepatology Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Maged El-SetouhyDepartment of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Ain-Shams Faculty of Medicine Ain-Shams University Cairo Egypt.
Nihal KasimBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Science Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Noha T Abou El-KhierMedical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Emily KamelPublic Health and Preventive Medicine Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Abdel-Hamid EladlInternal Medicine Department, Alazhar Faculty of Medicine Assiut University Assiut Egypt.
Ahmad El-WaseefBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Science Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Abdel-Aziz F Abdel-AzizBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Science Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt.
Gamal EsmatTropical Medicine and Hepatology Department, Cairo Faculty of Medicine Cairo University Giza Egypt.
Mansoura University · EGAin Shams University · EGAssiut University · EGCairo University · EG

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimPolymorphisms in some genes may influence the persistence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, clinical outcome, HCV replication, and liver damage. This study was conducted to investigate the role of the interferon gamma (IFN-γ) gene at (+874 T/A, -764 G/C, -179 C/A) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and its receptor (IFN-γR2) at (rs 2786067 A/C) SNP in the susceptibility of Egyptian families to HCV infection with high-resolution techniques.

methodsIn total, 517 Egyptian families, with 2246 subjects, were recruited to this study from the Upper and Lower Egypt governorates and were classified into three groups: 1034 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus, 108 subjects with spontaneous virus clearance (SVC), and 1104 subjects as a healthy control group. All subjects were genotyped for (+874 T/A, rs2430561, -764 G/C, rs2069707, -179 C/A, rs2069709, and rs 27860067, A/C) SNPs of the IFN-γ gene using the allelic discrimination real-time polymerase chain reaction technique and were confirmed using sequence-based typing.

resultsThe carriage of T allele of (+874) IFN-γ is a risky allele and was significantly higher in chronic hepatitis C more than other two groups (odds ratio [OR]: 2.6646,

conclusionsHCV infection is associated with the T allele of (+874 rs2430561), while SVC of HCV is associated with the C allele of (-764, rs2069707) of the IFN-γ gene.

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gene polymorphismhepatitis C virus susceptibilityinterferon gammaintrafamilialviral clearance

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