1. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of the Interferon-γ Gene (IFN-γ +874 T/A) and the Prognosis of Hepatitis B Infection
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Mohammad Sadegh Naghizadeh, Mohsen Naseri, Mohammad Fereyduni, Masoud Ziaee, Abdolghader Tane, Hamidreza Safari, Neda Mahavar, Roya Mahdavi, and Gholamreza Anani Sarab
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chronic hepatitis b ,single nucleotide polymorphism ,interferon-γ (+874t/a) ,iran ,Pathology ,RB1-214 - Abstract
Introduction: Chronic Hepatitis B virus infection is a multifactorial disease with a variety of clinical outcomes. Since interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a significant immune factor in antiviral defense, this case-control study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between single nucleotide polymorphism of rs2430561 and hepatitis B infection outcome in a population of Birjand city, eastern Iran. Methods: Blood samples were collected from 60 chronically HBV- infected patients and 60 healthy subjects with the history of HBV infection. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood by the salting-out method. The first intron of IFN-γ with a length of 264 bp was amplified by Amplification Refractory Mutation System Polymerase Chain Reaction (ARMS-PCR) followed by sequencing. Results: Our results exhibited a statistically significant difference between patients and control individuals (p-value
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- 2018