Association between NF-kB polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration in a high-altitude population.
<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) gene polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a high-altitude population.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifty-five patients with AMD and 57 control subjects were recruited from the...
Enregistré dans:
| Auteurs principaux: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | article |
| Langue: | EN |
| Publié: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | https://doaj.org/article/dd43917afe954382b8c7c923e9e512b4 |
| Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
| Résumé: | <h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) gene polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a high-altitude population.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifty-five patients with AMD and 57 control subjects were recruited from the Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, China. Genomic DNA was extracted from the blood sample of each participant. Four NF-kB polymorphisms (rs3774959, rs3774932, rs3774937, and rs230526) were genotyped using a MassARRAY system. The genotype and allele frequencies were compared between the case and control groups using the chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test.<h4>Results</h4>There was no significant difference in sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, blood lipid level or smoking and drinking status between the AMD and control groups (P > 0.05). The genotype distributions of four NF-kB polymorphisms were in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the control group (P > 0.05). The frequencies of genotype AA of rs3774932 and genotype CC of rs3774937 were nominally significantly higher in the AMD group than in the control group (P = 0.046 and 0.023, respectively), although these associations did not survive the Bonferroni correction (corrected P > 0.05). Genotype distributions of rs3774959 and rs230526 were not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.08 and 0.16, respectively). No significant difference in the allele frequencies of the four polymorphisms was found between the AMD and control groups (P > 0.05).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Genotype AA of rs3774932 and genotype CC of rs3774937 in NF-kB might be risk factors for AMD. |
|---|