Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Abstract

1/2023 vol. 9
Original paper

Genetic profile of MIF single nucleotide polymorphism (rs755622 G>C) in hepatocellular carcinoma among Egyptian patients

Heba Ahmed Osman 1
,
Marwa El-Sayed 2
,
Mohammed Tag-Adeen 3
,
Ahlam Sabra 3
,
Samer A. El-Sawy 4
,
Marwa Ahmed Mahmoud 5
,
Saeda Mohamed Abd Elwahab 6
,
Mohammed Wahman 7
,
Mohammed H. Hassan 8
  1. Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  2. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  4. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
  5. Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
  6. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  7. Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  8. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
Clin Exp HEPATOL 2023; 9, 1: 46-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2023.125978
Online publish date: 2023/03/21
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Aim of the study:

To evaluate the role of MIF gene polymorphism rs755622 G>C in occurrence and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among a cohort of Egyptian patients.

Material and methods:

This case-control study was conducted on 50 patients with HCC after chronic viral hepatitis and 50 healthy volunteers, recruited between July 2021 and January 2022. All patients with HCC were evaluated for severity of liver disease using a Child-Pugh score, and TNM and BCLC scoring systems. MIF 173 G>C (rs755622) single nucleotide polymorphism was performed for all participants by polymerase chain reaction using restriction fragment length polymorphism technique (RFLP-PCR).

Results:

Overall results showed significantly higher frequencies of GG (wild homozygous genotype) and mutant heterozygous genotype GC and G allele (OR = 6.303, 95% CI: 3.374-11.775) among patients with HCC compared to the control group (p = 0.001) for all. Also, significantly higher frequency of genotype GG was detected among patients with advanced Child scores (B and C) (p = 0.039) and TNM stages (III and IV) (p = 0.013). There was significantly higher frequency of the G allele among patients with multiple hepatic focal lesions compared to those with a single focal lesion (p = 0.01).

Conclusions:

An obvious role of MIF (rs755622) gene polymorphism could have an important role in susceptibility and progression of HCC among patients with chronic viral hepatitis induced liver cirrhosis.

Keywords

HCC, MIFrs755622, RFLP-PCR, HBV, HCV

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