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ArticleCentral-European journal of immunology2019

Tumour necrosis factor gene polymorphisms in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis and their relation to disease activity and severity.

Heba M Zaghlol, Sanaa Abdelshafy, Rabab A Mohamed, Enas A Abdelaleem

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Article in Central-European journal of immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Heba M ZaghlolDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Sanaa AbdelshafyDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Rabab A MohamedDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Enas A AbdelaleemDepartment of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Beni-Suef University · EG

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aim of the studyThe present case control study was conducted to assess the association of LTA 252 A>G, TNF-α 308 G>A, and TNF-α 1031 T>C gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and their involvement in disease activity and severity. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 70 Egyptians, including 35 RA patients and 35 healthy control individuals, were included in the study. The RA patients comprised 34 females and one male. Cases with RA were diagnosed by a rheumatologist and fulfilled the 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria. Modified disease activity score (DAS28) was used to assess disease activity. Van Der Heijde-modified Sharp score (vdHSS) was used to assess radiological changes for assessment of disease severity. PCR-RFLP was used to detect the association of LTA 252 A>G, TNF-α 308 G>A, and TNF-α 1031 T>C gene polymorphisms with RA.

resultsTNF-α 308 G allele and TNF-α 308 GG genotype were significantly higher in RA patients compared to healthy control subjects (p = 0.04 and p = 0.001, respectively). TNF-α 308 G allele and GG genotype were significantly higher in the RA non-remission group compared to the remission group (p = 0.008, p < 0.001). Patients with the TNF-α 308 AG genotype had higher mean of Sharp score compared to the patients with the GG and AA genotypes (p = 0.007). There was no significant association between LTA 252 A>G and TNF-α 1031 T>C gene polymorphisms and RA.

conclusionsOur results suggest that TNF-α 308 G/A gene polymorphism is genetically associated with RA and involved in disease activity and severity in Egyptian patients.

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genetic susceptibilitypolymerase chain reaction – restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP)rheumatoid arthritisTNF polymorphisms

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