CA125 and BNP are markedly elevated in heart failure and closely reflect heart function. They are better markers in evaluating the efficiency of short-term therapy. Detecting BNP combined with CA125 may be more valuable than only detecting BNP or CA125 for diagnosing HF and evaluating the efficiency of treatment.
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) has been reported to be associated with the pathogenesis of autoimmune-associated idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). However, the HLA-G in this context is limited. In the current study, a total of 117 IDC patients and age and sex matched 401 unrelated healthy controls in a Chinese Han population were HLA-G genotyped for the 14 bp insertion and deletion polymorphism. IDC patients showed markedly increased frequencies of -14 bp/-14 bp genotype [Pc = 0.00049, odds ratio (OR) = 2.17] and -14 bp alleles (Pc = 4.1 x 10(-5), OR = 1.97) when compared with healthy controls. Whereas the frequencies of +14 bp/+14 bp genotype (Pc = 0.0036, OR = 0.35) and +14 bp alleles (Pc = 4.1 x 10(-5), OR = 0.51) were significantly lower in IDC. These data, for the first time, indicated that 14 bp insertion/deletion polymorphism in HLA-G gene could be a genetic risk factor for the susceptibility to IDC.
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