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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 403-407 |
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Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 gene polymorphism C1858T is not associated with leprosy in Azerbaijan, Northwest Iran
Mohammad Reza Aliparasti1, Shohreh Almasi2, Jafar Majidi2, Fatemeh Zamani2, Ali Reza Khoramifar3, Ali Reza Farshi Azari3
1 Drug Applied Research Center; Immunology Research Center; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Immunology Research Center; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Bababaghi Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Shohreh Almasi
Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golgasht Street, Daneshgah Street, Tabriz
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 2 |
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.124365
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Background: Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a human chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Several types of study support a role for host genetics in susceptibility to leprosy. The protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene encodes an intracellular lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase that has been shown to play a negative regulatory role in T-cell activation.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to find out associating the PTPN22 C1858T (R620W) polymorphism and leprosy in the Azeri population from Northwest Iran.
Materials and Methods: A total of 153 treated leprosy patients and 197 healthy and ethnic matched controls entered this study. We used restriction fragment length polymorphism method to type PTPN22 C1858T polymorphism.
Results: There was no significant difference in distribution of genotype and allele frequencies of PTPN22 C1858T polymorphism between leprosy patients and controls (P = 0.641 and 0.645; respectively). Moreover, there was no significant association between different clinical findings (karnofsky performance status score, clinical forms and manifestations of leprosy) and PTPN22 C1858T polymorphism. Data showed a low frequency of the minor (T) allele by 2.3% in leprosy and 1.5% in healthy individuals.
Conclusions: The PTPN22 C1858T (R620W) is not relevant in susceptibility to leprosy in the Azeri population of Northwest Iran. |
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