AIM:To investigate the association between three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in inter-feron regulatory factors (IRF3) and the genetic suscep-tibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.METH...AIM:To investigate the association between three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in inter-feron regulatory factors (IRF3) and the genetic suscep-tibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.METHODS:We performed a case-control study of 985 Chinese cases of chronic HBV infection and 294 self-limiting HBV-infected individuals as controls.Three tagSNPs in IRF3 (rs10415576,rs2304204,rs2304206) were genotyped with the Multiplex SNaPshot technique.The genotype and allele frequencies were calculatedand analyzed.RESULTS:The three SNPs showed no significant geno-type/allele associations with chronic HBV infection.Overall allele P values were:rs10415576,P=0.0908,odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)]=1.1798 (0.9740-1.4291);rs2304204,P=0.5959,OR (95% CI)=1.0597 (0.8552-1.3133);rs2304206,P=0.8372,OR (95% CI)=1.0250 (0.8097-1.2976).Overall genotype P values were:rs10415576,P=0.2106;rs2304204,P=0.8458;rs2304206,P=0.8315.There were no statisti-cally significant differences between patients with chron-ic HBV infection and controls.Haplotypes generated by these three SNPs were also not significantly different between the two groups.CONCLUSION:The three tagSNPs of IRF3 are not asso-ciated with HBV infection in the Han Chinese population.展开更多
基金Supported by Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81072342the National Pre-973 Program Projects,No. 2009CB526411
文摘AIM:To investigate the association between three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in inter-feron regulatory factors (IRF3) and the genetic suscep-tibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.METHODS:We performed a case-control study of 985 Chinese cases of chronic HBV infection and 294 self-limiting HBV-infected individuals as controls.Three tagSNPs in IRF3 (rs10415576,rs2304204,rs2304206) were genotyped with the Multiplex SNaPshot technique.The genotype and allele frequencies were calculatedand analyzed.RESULTS:The three SNPs showed no significant geno-type/allele associations with chronic HBV infection.Overall allele P values were:rs10415576,P=0.0908,odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)]=1.1798 (0.9740-1.4291);rs2304204,P=0.5959,OR (95% CI)=1.0597 (0.8552-1.3133);rs2304206,P=0.8372,OR (95% CI)=1.0250 (0.8097-1.2976).Overall genotype P values were:rs10415576,P=0.2106;rs2304204,P=0.8458;rs2304206,P=0.8315.There were no statisti-cally significant differences between patients with chron-ic HBV infection and controls.Haplotypes generated by these three SNPs were also not significantly different between the two groups.CONCLUSION:The three tagSNPs of IRF3 are not asso-ciated with HBV infection in the Han Chinese population.