IRIS Institutional Research Information System - AIR Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca

IRIS è il sistema di gestione integrata dei dati della ricerca (persone, progetti, pubblicazioni, attività) adottato dall'Università degli Studi di Milano.

AIR nasce in UNIMI nel 2006 con lo scopo di raccogliere, documentare e conservare le informazioni sulla produzione scientifica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano e costituisce di fatto l'Anagrafe della ricerca dell'Ateneo.

Objective. To investigate potential associations between the -463 G/A myeloperoxidase (MPO) promoter polymorphism and susceptibility to, and clinical expression of, Behçet's disease (BD). Methods. One hundred and seventy-five Italian patients who satisfied the International Study Group criteria for BD and 235 healthy age- and sex-matched blood donors were genotyped for the -463 G/A promoter polymorphism of the MPO gene by molecular methods. The patients were subgrouped according to the presence or absence of clinical manifestations. Results. The distribution of allele and genotype frequencies of the MPO -463A/G polymorphism did not differ significantly between the BD patients and the healthy controls. Carriers of the -463 A allele (A/A or A/G) [odds ratio (OR) 0.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.5-1.1] and homozygosity for A allele (OR 0.3, 95% CI 0.1-1.3) were less frequent among BD patients than among the controls, but the difference was not statistically significant. No significant associations were found when BD patients with and those without clinical manifestations were compared. Conclusion. Our data suggest that the -463 G/A promoter polymorphism of the MPO gene is not associated with susceptibility to, and clinical expression of, BD in Italian patients.

Lack of association of the -463 G/A myeloperoxidase promoter polymorphism with Behçet's disease in Italian patients / F. Atzeni, L. Boiardi, B. Casali, E. Farnetti, P. Sarzi-Puttini, N. Pipitone, I. Olivieri, F. Cantini, F. Salvi, R. La Corte, G. Triolo, D. Filippini, G. Paolazzi, C. Salvarani. - In: RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-0324. - 46:10(2007 Oct), pp. 1547-1550.

Powered by IRIS-about IRIS-Utilizzo dei cookie

 Copyright © 2021