IFNGR1 polymorphisms in Thai malaria patients.

Abstract

Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) has been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of malaria. To examine possible association of the IFN-gamma receptor 1 (IFNGR1) polymorphisms with cerebral malaria, 312 adult patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria (203 mild and 109 cerebral malaria patients) living in northwest Thailand were genotyped for six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including -56T/C (rs2234711) and a microsatellite marker in IFNGR1. A case-control association analysis failed to detect significant association between the IFNGR1 polymorphisms and cerebral malaria, thus implying that the IFNGR1 polymorphism may not be a major genetic factor influencing the development of cerebral malaria in the Thai population. These data also provide useful information for future genetic studies of IFNG polymorphisms in Thai patients.

• Authors: Izumi Naka, Jintana Patarapotikul, Hathairad Hananantachai, Katsushi Tokunaga, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Jun Ohashi
• Journal: Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases (Infect Genet Evol) Vol. 9 Issue 6 Pg. 1406-9 (Dec 2009) ISSN: 1567-7257 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 19712753 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Receptors, Interferon
• interferon gamma receptor

Topics

• Adult
• Case-Control Studies
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Malaria, Cerebral (genetics)
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Receptors, Interferon (genetics)
• Thailand