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- Title
Relative Expression of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 7 mRNA in Peripheral Blood of Patients With Hepatitis C.
- Authors
Dehghan-Manshadi, Mahdi; Hadinedoushan, Hossein; Amirbaigy, Mohammad Kazem; Zare, Fateme; Eslami, Gilda; Mirghanizade-Bafghi, Seyyed Ali; Akhondi- Meybodi, Mohsen
- Abstract
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen affecting an estimated 120 - 170 million individuals in the world. Toll-Like receptors (TLRs) are pattern-recognition receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns, and stimulate immune responses. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the mRNA expression level of TLR2 and TLR7 in HCV-infected patients in comparison with normal controls. Patients and Methods: Nineteen consecutive patients with HCV infection and nineteen sex and age-matched healthy controls were studied in a case-controlled research. Results: Our results showed that the expressions of TLR7 in HCV infected samples were significantly increased in comparison those of the controls (P = 0.02), while the expression of TLR2 was similar between the case and the control group (P = 0.8). There were no associations between the expression levels of TLR2 and TLR7 with HCV viral load and HCV genotypes. Also, there was no association between viral load and genotypes of the virus. Conclusions: Our findings showed that HCV infection could lead to increased expression level of TLR7 mRNA in peripheral blood cells of HCV infected samples. The viral load and genotypes of HCV did not affect the mRNA expression levels of TLR2 and TLR7.
- Subjects
COMPARATIVE studies; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; GENE expression; HEPATITIS C; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; CASE-control method; DATA analysis software; MANN Whitney U Test; GENETICS
- Publication
Hepatitis Monthly, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1735-143X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5812/hepatmon.30427