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| Dergi Adı | International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2349-0381 | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Index Copernicus | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 11-2016 |
| Kabul Tarihi | – | Yayınlanma Tarihi | 01-01-2016 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 3 / 11 / 1–5 | DOI | 10.20431/2349-0381.0311001 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0381.0311001 | ||
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| Background: It has been reported that plasma levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) increase during physical exercise and are involved in mediating endurance capacity. We compared allelic and genotypic frequencies of the IL-6 gene G174C variant (rs1800795) among elite athletes and non-athletic control subject.Materials Methods: The study included 92 elite Turkish athletes and 100 non-athletes. Genomic DNA isolated and genotyped using polymerase chain reaction based-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis for the IL-6 gene G174C variant.Results: In this study, the allele distribution of IL-6 gene G174C variant exhibited statistically significant difference between the elite athletes and the controls (p= 0.005). The G allele was more prevalent among the elite athletes than the control subjects. The genotype frequencies in the studied population were as follows: GG, GC, and CC in the controls were 40%, 45% and 15%, and in the elite athletes were 50%, 43.5%, and 6.5%, respectively. However, there was not any statistically significant difference in the genotype frequencies of the IL-6 G174C variant between the elite athletes and the control groups (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Our study suggests that a strong association exists between the IL-6 G174C variant and elite endurance performance in the Turkish population. Further studies in populations of different ethnic background are necessary to prove the association of IL-6 variant with sports performance. |
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