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Ay A, Alkanli N, Ustundag S. Investigation of the Relationship Between IL-18 (- 607 C/A), IL-18 (- 137 G/C), and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) Gene Variations and Serum Copper and Zinc Levels in Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022; 200:2040-2052. [PMID: 34263421 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-02828-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between IL-18 (- 607 C/A), IL-18 (- 137 G/C), and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variations and serum trace element levels in patients diagnosed with CRF. Genotype distributions of IL-18 (- 607 C/A, - 137 G/C) gene variations were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods were used to determine the MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variation genotype distributions. Serum trace element levels were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer method. A significant difference was found between the CRF patient and healthy control groups in terms of genotype distributions of IL-18 (- 607 C/A) and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variations (p < 0.05). The significant difference was found between the patient and control groups in terms of serum copper and zinc levels and copper/zinc ratio (p < 0.05). The significant difference was detected between patient and control groups in terms of copper and zinc levels and copper/zinc ratio according to IL-18 (- 607 C/A), IL-18 (- 137 G/C), and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variations and genotype distributions (p < 0.05). In addition, significant difference was determined in terms of serum copper and zinc levels and copper/zinc ratio according to haplotypes of IL-18 (- 607 C/A), IL-18 (- 137 G/C), and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variations between patient and control groups (p < 0.05). In conclusion, evaluation of IL-18 (- 607 C/A, - 137 G/C) and MMP-2 (- 1306 C/T) gene variations and serum trace element levels together is extremely important in terms of obtaining important biomarkers in CRF early diagnosis and progression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arzu Ay
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Haliç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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Alkanli N, Ay A, Cevik G. Investigation of the roles of IL-18 (-607 C/A) and IL-18 (-137 G/C) gene variations in bladder cancer development: case-control study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2021; 147:3627-3637. [PMID: 34550451 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-021-03808-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of our study is to investigate the roles of IL-18 gene variations in bladder cancer development in Thrace population of Turkey. METHODS This study was carried out with 103 bladder cancer patients and 81 healthy controls. Genotype distributions of IL-18 (-137 G/C) and IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variations were determined using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. RESULTS The CC homozygous genotype for IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variation was significantly higher in patients with bladder cancer compared to healthy controls (OR 0.345, 95% Cl 0.186-0.639, p = 0.001). Besides this, allele frequencies of IL-18 (-137 G/C) and IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variations in patient with bladder cancer and healthy control groups were significantly different from the Hardy-Weinberg distribution (p < 0.05). For IL-18 (-137 G/C) and IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variations, significant difference was determined between the bladder cancer patient and healthy control groups in terms of GC-CA (OR 0.381, 95% Cl 0.203-0.714, p = 0.002), GC-CC (OR 2.147, 95% Cl 1.013-4.550, p = 0.043), GG-AA (OR 0.431, 95% Cl 0.365-0.509, p = 0.049), and GG-CC (OR 2.476, 95% Cl 1.177-5.208, p = 0.015) haplotypes. CONCLUSION In our study, CC genotype of IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variation was determined as genetic risk factor for bladder cancer development. In bladder cancer patient and healthy control groups, G and C allele frequencies of IL-18 (-137 G/C) gene variation, and C and A allele frequencies of IL-18 (-607 C/A) gene variation were determined significantly different from the Hardy-Weinberg distribution.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nevra Alkanli
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Haliç University, Istanbul, 34445, Turkey.
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, 22030, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, 22030, Turkey
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Ali T, Saxena R, Rani I, Sharma R, More D, Ola R, Agarwal S, Chawla YK, Kaur J. Association of interleukin-18 genotypes (-607C > A) and (-137 G > C) with the hepatitis B virus disease progression to hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Cell Biochem 2021; 476:3923-3933. [PMID: 34165682 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-021-04206-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Chronic infection with HBV has been reported to be associated with the development of HCC. The inflammation mounted by cytokine-mediated immune system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of HBV-associated HCC. IL-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine whose role in the development of HBV-associated chronic to malignant disease state has not been much studied. The present study was conceived to determine the role of genetic polymorphisms in IL-18, serum levels of IL-18, and expression level of its signal transducers in the HBV disease progression. A total of 403 subjects were enrolled for this study including 102 healthy subjects and 301 patients with HBV infection in different diseased categories. Polymorphism was determined using PCR-RFLP. Genotypic distributions between the groups were compared using odd's ratio and 95% CI were calculated to express the relative risk. Circulating IL-18 levels were determined by ELISA. Expression levels of pSTAT-1 and pNFƙB was determined by western blotting. In case of IL-18(- 607C > A), the heterozygous genotype (CA) was found to be a protective factor while in case of IL-18(- 137G > C) the heterozygous genotype (GC) acted as a risk factor for disease progression from HBV to HCC. Moreover, serum IL-18 levels were significantly increased during HBV disease progression to HCC as compared to controls. Also the levels of activated signal transducers (pSTAT-1 and pNF-κB) of IL-18 in stimulated PBMCs were significantly increased during HBV to HCC disease progression. These findings suggest that IL-18 has the potential to act as a biomarker of HBV-related disease progression to HCC.
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- Taqveema Ali
- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
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Chen H, Xie J, Jin P. Assessment of hazard immune-related genes and tumor immune infiltrations in renal cell carcinoma. Am J Transl Res 2020; 12:7096-7113. [PMID: 33312353 PMCID: PMC7724327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The present study aimed to explore and validate a prognostic immune signature, to formulate a prognosis for ccRCC patients combined with immune-infiltration analysis. METHODS Public datasets were used as our source of multi-omics data. Differential analysis was performed via the edgeR package. A prognostic immune signature was identified by univariate Cox analysis, and we constructed an integrative tumor-associated immune genes (TAIG) model from the multivariate Cox results. In order to interrogate and identify the related crosstalk, functional analysis was deployed. Significantly, we implemented the CIBERSORT algorithm to estimate the immune cell fractions in the ccRCC samples, and analyzed the differential abundance of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in two TAIG groups, using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The prognostic role of differential immune cells was further assessed via a Kaplan-Meier analysis. In addition, we investigated the associations of a single immune signature with specific immune cells. RESULTS A total of 628 ccRCC patients were comprised in our integrative analysis, including 537 ccRCC patients in the discovery group and 91 patients in the validation group. Fourteen key immune signatures were subsequently identified. A figure of 0.802 was registered for AUC, and worse prognosis was evinced for those patients with a higher TAIG. Correlation analysis indicated that TAIG correlated closely with both clinical variables and TMB. Moreover, functional analysis implicated the immune-related GO items or crosstalk. Hence, we were able to identify the relationships obtaining between tumor-infiltrating immune cells and TAIG. The differential abundance of immune cells showed a significant prognostic difference and consisted of memory-activated CD4+ T cells, T follicular helper cells, T regulatory cells, and so on. Moreover, we also characterized the associations between identified signatures and specific immune cells. Finally, the five-year AUC in the ICGC cohort was 0.72, suggesting the robustness of the TAIG that we constructed. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our team characterized the tumor-associated immune signature in ccRCC, and further identified the prognostic tumor-infiltrating immune cells related to TAIG. This in turn provided a solid foundation for investigating individualized immunotherapy, as well as other relevant mechanisms.
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- Hongxi Chen
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University)Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China
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- Organ Transplant Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410008, Hunan Province, China
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- Organ Transplant Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410008, Hunan Province, China
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Chang WS, Shen TC, Liao JM, Tsai YT, Hsia TC, Wu HC, Tsai CW, Bau DT. Significant Contribution of DNA Repair Human 8-Oxoguanine DNA N-Glycosylase 1 Genotypes to Renal Cell Carcinoma. Onco Targets Ther 2020; 13:1583-1591. [PMID: 32110055 PMCID: PMC7039087 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s231733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Introduction DNA repair systems play essential roles in genomic stability and carcinogenesis. Therefore, genotypes at DNA repair loci may contribute to the determination of personal susceptibility to cancers. The contribution of human 8-oxoguanine DNA N-glycosylase 1 (hOGG1) genotypes to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is largely unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the contributions of hOGG1 rs1052133 genotypes to the RCC risk. Methods We evaluated the contribution of hOGG1 rs1052133 (G/C) genotypes among 118 cases and 590 controls and analyzed the interactions of hOGG1 genotypes with smoking, alcohol drinking, hypertension, and diabetes status. Results The hOGG1 rs1052133 CC genotype was significantly associated with a decreased RCC risk compared with that of the GG genotype (odds ratio [OR] = 0.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.09–0.72, p = 0.0049). The frequency of the rs1052133 C allele was significantly low in the RCC group (22.5% vs 31.2%; OR = 0.64; 95% CI = 0.46–0.89, p = 0.0074). Stratifying the analysis according to smoking, alcohol drinking, and diabetes status revealed no difference in the rs1052133 genotype distribution among these subgroups. A significant differential distribution of rs1052133 genotypes was observed among subjects with hypertension. Conclusion The CC genotype of rs1052133 may play a role in determining RCC susceptibility among Taiwanese people and may serve as a biomarker of RCC, particularly in patients with hypertension.
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- Wen-Shin Chang
- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, Chung Shan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratory, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Baer PC, Koch B, Geiger H. Kidney Inflammation, Injury and Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21031164. [PMID: 32050569 PMCID: PMC7036853 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Damage to kidney cells can occur due to a variety of ischemic and toxic insults and leads to inflammation and cell death, which can result in acute kidney injury (AKI) [...].
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- Patrick C. Baer
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-69-6301-5554; Fax: +49-69-6301-4749
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Yu CC, Bau DT, Liao CH, Chang WS, Liao JM, Wu HC, Shen TC, Yang JS, Tsai FJ, Tsai CW. The role of genotype/phenotype at apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease Rs1130409 in renal cell carcinoma. CHINESE J PHYSIOL 2020; 63:43-49. [DOI: 10.4103/cjp.cjp_72_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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