High Association of IL 4 Gene Intron 3 VNTR Polymorphism with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy       
Yazarlar (5)
Nursah Basol
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ahmet Inanir
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Serbulent Yigit
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Nevin KARAKUŞ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Suheyla Uzun Kaya
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Dergi ISSN 0895-8696 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2013
Cilt No 51
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 437 / 441
DOI Numarası 10.1007/s12031-013-0048-y
Özet
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common disease. It is one of the late complications of diabetes mellitus. DPN can lower the quality of life by causing severe painful clinic symptoms. The aim of this study is to evaluate interleukin (IL)-4 gene variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism on DPN in Turkish population. Two hundred and twenty-seven DPN patients and 241 controls were enrolled in this study. Genomic DNA was isolated and genotyped using polymerase chain reaction analyses for the IL-4 gene intron 3 VNTR polymorphism. The distribution of genotype frequencies of IL-4 gene intron 3 VNTR polymorphism was statistically different between DPN patients and control group (p = 0.001). The frequency of P1 and P2 alleles was statistically different between DPN patients and control group (p = 0.00009). The results of this study suggested that intron 3 VNTR polymorphism of the IL-4 gene plays an important role in the occurrence of DPN in the Turkish population. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy | Gene polymorphism | Interleukin 4