RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nobel Med 2017; 13(1): 21-25

INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli
ABSTRACT
Objective: Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an atherosclerotic and prothrombotic process leading cause of mortality. Atherosclerosis is recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease and starts as a protective response in damage to the endothelium and smooth muscle cells of the wall of the artery. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of interleukin-6 (-174 G/C) polymorphism with pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), and Interleukin-1 Receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in PVD.

Material and Method: A hundred-two patients with PVD and 65 healthy individuals as control group were included in this study. All subjects were genotyped for IL-6 (-174 G/C) using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP).

Results: The plasma concentrations of hs-CRP, IL-6, IL-8, IL-1Ra were higher in patients with PVD than those of the controls. The frequency of GG genotype of IL-6 was more frequent than the other genotypes of IL-6 in patients with PVD and control group.

Conclusion: We suggest that the increased plasma levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-1Ra and GG genotype of IL-6 seem to be a risk factor for the development of PVD.

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    Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli. [INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE]. Nobel Med 2017; 13(1): 21-25, English.
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    Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli. [INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE]. www.nobelmedicus.com/en/Article.aspx?m=1716 [Access: Mayıs 24, 2021], English.
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    Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli. [INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE]. Nobel Med 2017; 13(1): 21-25, English.
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    Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli. [INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE]. Nobel Med (2017); 13(1): 21-25, [cited Mayıs 24, 2021], English.
  • Harvard Style
    Fatih Yanar, Yılmaz Başar, İlker Özgür, Elif Özkök, Nihal Salmayenli. (2017) [INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INTERLEUKIN-6 (-174 G/C) GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE]. Nobel Med, 13(1): 21-25, English.