Article
IL6R Gene Polymorphic Variant rs2228145(C >A) as a Marker of Genetic Liability to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in the Russian Population of Karelia.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 May 2018
Topchieva L V, Kurbatova I V, Dudanova O P, Sokolovskaya A A, Shipovskaya A A
Abstract excerpt
Association of IL6R gene polymorphic variant rs2228145(C>A) with the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Karelia residents is detected. The risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is more than 2-fold higher in carriers of CC genotype by rs2228145 polymorphic marker than in carriers of other genotypes. Plasma levels of IL-6 and the content of IL6R gene transcripts in the peripheral blood leukocytes are...
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