Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2177978 Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2015 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Background and purposeThe X-ray cross-complementing group 4 (XRCC4; OMIM: 194363), plays an important role in repair of DNA double-strand breaks via non-homologous end joining pathway. In order to find the allelic prevalence of an insertion/deletion polymorphism in intron 3 of XRCC4 (Ins/Del; rs28360071) among Iranian populations, the present study was carried out.Subjects and methodsThe total study subjects consisted of 662, 200, 291, and 200 individuals from Shiraz (Fars province; belong to Persians), Abarku (Yazd province; belong to Persians), Tabriz (East Azerbaijan province; belong to Azaris), and Yasuj (Kohgiluyeh va Boyer-Ahmad province; belong to Lurs), respectively. Genotypic analysis of the Ins/Del XRCC4 polymorphism was detected by the PCR method.ResultsThe prevalence of the Del allele in Shiraz, Abarku, Tabriz, and Yasuj was estimated 44.4%, 37.3%, 53.6% and 45.0%, respectively. Tabriz (Azaris) showed the significant difference with other populations (χ2 = 20.06, df = 1, P < 0.001). Also there was a significant difference between Persians of Shiraz and Abarku (χ2 = 6.43, df = 1, P = 0.011).ConclusionAlthough there is a significant heterogeneity between Iranian populations, the Del allele shows high prevalence among Iranian populations, which is much higher than the allelic prevalence among Asians.

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