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Title: | MTP-493G/T gene polymorphism is associated with steatosis in hepatitis C-infected patients |
Authors: | SIQUEIRA, E. R. F.; OLIVEIRA, C. P. M. S.; CORREA-GIANNELLA, M. L.; STEFANO, J. T.; CAVALEIRO, A. M.; FORTES, M. A. H. Z.; MUNIZ, M. T. C.; SILVA, F. S.; PEREIRA, L. M. M. B.; CARRILHO, F. J. |
Citation: | BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, v.45, n.1, p.72-77, 2012 |
Abstract: | The reduction of hepatic microsomal transfer protein (MTP) activity results in fatty liver, worsening hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The G allele of the MTP gene promoter, -493G/T, has been associated with lower transcriptional activity than the T allele. We investigated this association with metabolic and histological variables in patients with CHC. A total of 174 untreated patients with CHC were genotyped for MTP -493G/T by direct sequencing using PCR. All patients were negative for markers of Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis and autoimmune diseases and had current and past daily alcohol intake lower than 100 g/week. The sample distribution was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Among subjects with genotype 1, 56.8% of the patients with fibrosis grade 3+4 presented at least one G allele versus 34.3% of the patients with fibrosis grade 1+2 (OR = 1.8; 95%CI = 1.3-2.3). Logistic regression analysis with steatosis as the dependent variable identified genotypes GG+GT as independent protective factors against steatosis (OR = 0.4, 95%CI = 0.2-0.8; P = 0.01). The results suggest that the presence of the G allele of MTP -493G/T associated with lower hepatic MTP expression protects against steatosis in our CHC patients. |
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