Study of Toll-like Receptor 3 Gene Polymorphism as a Novel Risk Factor for HCV-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Egypt

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly aggressive cancer with few treatment options. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) plays a key role in innate immunity and may affect the development of cancers. This study aimed to investigate the association between TLR3 gene polymorphism and HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt.

METHODS: This work was conducted on 70 individuals; fifty HCV cirrhotic patients were included in two groups; with HCC (30 patients) and without HCC (20 patients) compared with a group of 20 apparently healthy controls. All of the studied individuals underwent clinical-laboratory evaluation. TLR3 gene single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (+1234C/T) was tested by polymerase chain reaction- restriction fragment length polymorphism.

RESULTS: This study reported that the prevalence of TLR3 +1234TT genotype was significantly increased in cirrhotic patients with HCC than without HCC, while it was not detected at all among the controls. When analyzing the TLR3 SNP +1234C/T with different clinical parameters in HCC patients, there was a significant association between+1234C/T SNP; namely TT genotype and each of the hepatic focal lesions᾽ number, size and the patients᾽ higher Okuda and BCLC stages. No association could be detected between TLR3 SNP and the age, sex, Child-Pugh grades, MELD score or AFP of the studied HCC cases.

CONCLUSION: TLR3 gene SN P +1234C/T could be a novel risk factor for the HCV-related HCC among the Egyptian population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Current cancer drug targets - 20(2020), 5 vom: 01., Seite 382-389

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

El-Sharawy, Shimaa [VerfasserIn]
Negm, Osama El-Sayed [VerfasserIn]
Abd-Elsalam, Sherief [VerfasserIn]
El-Sorogy, Hesham Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Shehata, Mona Ahmed Helmy [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Egypt
HCV
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Polymorphism
TLR3 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 3
Toll-like receptor 3
Tumour markers.

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Date Completed 02.08.2021

Date Revised 02.08.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1568009620666200319102929

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307760502