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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Distribution of RET proto-oncogene variants in children with appendicitis

Schultz, Jerek, Freibothe, Ines, Haase, Michael, Glatte, Patrick, Barreton, Gustavo, Ziegler, Andreas, Görgens, Heike, Fitze, Guido 06 June 2024 (has links)
Background: In addition to patient-related systemic factors directing the immune response, the pathomechanisms of appendicitis (AP) might also include insufficient drainage leading to inflammation caused by decreased peristalsis. Genetic predisposition accounts for 30%–50% of AP. M. Hirschsprung (HSCR), also characterized by disturbed peristalsis, is associated with variants in the RET proto-oncogene. We thus hypothesized that RET variants contribute to the etiology of AP. Methods: DNA from paraffin-embedded appendices and clinical data of 264 children were analyzed for the RET c.135A>G variant (rs1800858, NC_000010.11:g.43100520A>G). In 46 patients with gangrenous or perforated AP (GAP), peripheral blood DNA was used for RET sequencing. Results: Germline mutations were found in 13% of GAP, whereas no RET mutations were found in controls besides the benign variant p.Tyr791Phe (NC_000010.11:g.43118460A>T). In GAP, the polymorphic G-allele in rs2435352 (NC_000010.11:g.43105241A>G) in intron 4 was underrepresented (p = 0.0317). Conclusion: Our results suggest an impact of the RET proto-oncogene in the etiology of AP. Mutations were similar to patients with HSCR but no clinical features of HSCR were observed. The pathological phenotypes in both populations might thus represent a multigenic etiology including RET germline mutations with phenotypic heterogeneity and incomplete penetrance.
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Hereditäre Suszeptibilitätsfaktoren für die koronare Herzerkrankung als Basis einer individualisierten Arzneitherapie

Meisel, Christian 04 December 2003 (has links)
Die systematische Untersuchung genetischer Prädispositionsfaktoren für kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen und ihrer Komplikationen hat sich zu einem besonders intensiv bearbeiteten Forschungsfeld im Bereich der Pharmakogenomik entwickelt. In eigenen Untersuchungen wurden Polymorphismen in Kandidatengenen des Gerinnungssystems (thrombozytäre Glycoproteine Ibalpha, Ia/IIa, Gerinnungsfaktor VII) sowie des Homozysteinstoffwechsels (MTHFR, Interaktion mit der endothelialen NO-Synthase) in ihrer Assoziation zur koronaren Herzerkrankung und deren Komplikationen untersucht. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass sowohl der Kozak-Sequenz Polymorphismus im thrombozytären Glycoprotein Ibalpha Gen als auch der Arg353Gln Polymorphismus im Gerinnungsfaktor VII Gen als mögliche Risikoprädiktoren für Frühkomplikationen nach Koronarinterventionen in Betracht kommen. Zudem zeigte sich bei Patienten mit Hyperhomozysteinämie, dass Frauen, nicht jedoch Männer mit steigender Anzahl der CA-repeats des Intron 13 CA-Repeat Polymorphismus des endothelialen NO-Synthase Gens (eNOS) ein signifikantes und ansteigendes Exzess-Risiko für akute Koronarsyndrome hatten. Die anderen untersuchten Kandidatengene erwiesen sich in unserer Studienpopulation als nicht geeignet zur Risikoprädiktion von koronarer Herzerkrankung und Frühkomplikationen nach Katheterinterventionen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen exemplarisch auch methodische Herausforderungen für Assoziationsstudien zur Untersuchung genetischer Einflüsse auf komplexe Erkrankungen wie die koronare Herzerkrankung. Eine Bestätigung der Assoziation dieser hereditären Suszeptibilitätsfaktoren mit dem Komplikationsrisiko nach Koronarinterventionen in unabhängigen Populationen ist daher notwendig. Im Sinne einer zunehmend individualisierten Therapie könnten sie dann zu einer Identifizierung von Patientengruppen beitragen, die einer intensiveren Überwachung und Therapie, z.B. nach Katheterintervention, bedürfen. / Genetic susceptibility factors for cardiovascular diseases and disease complications are being investigated intensively within pharmacogenomics research programs. We studied polymorphisms in candidate genes of the coagulation system (platelet glycoproteins Ibalpha, Ia/IIa, coagulation factor VII) and of the homocysteine system (MTHFR, interaction with the endothelial NO-synthase) in their association to coronary artery disease and thrombotic complications. The results suggest that both the Kozak sequence polymorphism of the glycoprotein Ibalpha gene and the Arg353Gln polymorphism of the coagulation factor VII gene may be possible risk predictors for early complications following coronary catheter interventions. Moreover, in hyperhomocysteinemic patients, women were at higher risk for acute coronary syndromes with increasing numbers of CA repeats of the intron 13 CA repeat polymorphism of the endothelial NO-synthase gene. This effect modification was not observed in men. The other candidate genes did in our study population not prove to be suitable for risk prediction of coronary artery disease and of complications following coronary catheter interventions. The results also demonstrate methodological challenges in association studies on genetic influences on complex diseases such as coronary artery disease. Therefore, replication in independent populations is necessary. After confirmation, these hereditary susceptibility factors could be utilised for an improved risk assessment after catheter interventions. In terms of increasingly individualised treatment, these susceptibility factors could contribute to the identification of patients, who are in need of more intensive monitoring and treatment, e.g. in coronary artery disease and coronary catheter interventions.

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