GSTM1 (Glutathione S-transferase M1)

Plješa-Ercegovac, Marija; Matić, Marija

doi:10.4267/2042/62504

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“…Two common polymorphisms of glutathione Stransferase M1 (encode by GSTM1 gene) and Glutathione S-transferase theta-1 (encode by GSTT1 gene) have been associated with asthma risk (11,12,13). The GSTM1 locus has been identified on chromosome 1p13.3 (14), consisting of 8 exons stretching to a region of 21,244 bases, transcript length of 1,161 bps and translation length of 218 residues (Ensembl GRCh37 release 78) (15). The GSTT1 gene has been identified in chromosome 22q11.2 (16), consisting of five exons and extending to 8.64 kb ranging from 24384774 to 24376131 (NCBI 37, August 2010) (17).…”

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Association between GSTM1, GSTT1 gene polymorphisms and asthma in adult patients from Tikrit population of Iraq

2022

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Introduction and Aim: Asthma is known as a polygenic and multifactorial disease. The underlying debate about the role of genetics in the development of asthma is still unclear. The objectives of this research are to examine whether the GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms are associated with asthma susceptibility. Materials and Methods: A total of 70 patients with asthma and 20 healthy individuals were investigated in this study. Genotyping was carried out by using PCR protocol for analysis of GSTM1 and GSTT1 null/positive genotypes. Results: Patients with asthma (34.285%) demonstrated a greater prevalence of the GSTM1, GSTT1 (-) genotype than the healthy subject (10%, P-value 0.012). A positive correlation was found between GSTT1, GSTM1 (+) genotype and healthy individuals (40%) compared with asthmatic patients (24.285%). Conclusion: The results of this research support the idea that GSTM1, GSTT1 (-) genotype may play critical roles in asthmatic inflammatory response. Further experimental investigations are needed to estimate the role of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms in asthma.

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