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Article

Association of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population

by
Simonas Juzėnas
1,†,
Juozas Kupčinskas
1,2,†,
Irena Valantienė
1,2,
Jolanta Šumskienė
2,
Vitalija Petrenkienė
2,
Jūrate Kondrackienė
2,
Laimutis Kučinskas
1,
Gediminas Kiudelis
1,2,*,
Jurgita Skiecevičienė
1,† and
Limas Kupčinskas
1,2,†
1
Institute for Digestive Research, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
2
Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors equally contributed to the study.
Medicina 2016, 52(5), 269-275; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.004
Submission received: 20 March 2015 / Revised: 27 July 2016 / Accepted: 13 September 2016 / Published: 3 October 2016
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Abstract

Background and objective: Liver cirrhosis is the end-stage disease of chronic liver injury. Due to differences in the natural course of chronic liver diseases, identification of genetic factors that influence individual outcomes is warranted. HFE-linked hereditary hemochro- matosis (HH) predisposes disease progression to cirrhosis; however, the role of heterozy- gous C282Y or H63D mutations in the development of cirrhosis in the presence of other etiological factors is still debated. The aim of this study was to determine the association between heterozygous C282Y and H63D mutations and non-HH liver cirrhosis in Lithua- nian population.
Materials and methods: The patient cohort consisted of 209 individuals. Diagnosis of cirrhosis was confirmed by clinical, laboratory parameters, liver biopsy, and radiological imaging. Control samples were obtained from 1005 randomly selected unrelated healthy individuals. HFE gene mutations were determined using the PCR-RFLP method.
Results: The most common causes of cirrhosis were hepatitis C (33.9%), hepatitis B (13.6%), and alcohol (25.8%). C282Y allele was associated with the presence of cirrhosis (OR = 2.07; P = 0.005); this was also observed under recessive model for C282Y (OR = 2.06, P = 0.008). The prevalence of C282Y allele was higher in cirrhotic men than in controls (7.0% vs. 2.8%, P = 0.002). The carriage of H63D risk allele (OR = 1.54; P = 0.02), heterozygous C282Y/wt and homozygous H63D/H63D genotypes were associated with liver cirrhosis in males (OR = 2.48, P = 0.008, and OR = 4.13, P = 0.005, respectively).
Conclusions: Heterozygous C282Y mutation of the HFE gene was associated with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population. In gender-related analysis, heterozygous C282Y and homozygous H63D mutations were linked to liver cirrhosis in men, not in women.
Keywords: HFE; C282Y; H63D; Liver cirrhosis HFE; C282Y; H63D; Liver cirrhosis

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Juzėnas, S.; Kupčinskas, J.; Valantienė, I.; Šumskienė, J.; Petrenkienė, V.; Kondrackienė, J.; Kučinskas, L.; Kiudelis, G.; Skiecevičienė, J.; Kupčinskas, L. Association of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population. Medicina 2016, 52, 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.004

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Juzėnas S, Kupčinskas J, Valantienė I, Šumskienė J, Petrenkienė V, Kondrackienė J, Kučinskas L, Kiudelis G, Skiecevičienė J, Kupčinskas L. Association of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population. Medicina. 2016; 52(5):269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.004

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Juzėnas, Simonas, Juozas Kupčinskas, Irena Valantienė, Jolanta Šumskienė, Vitalija Petrenkienė, Jūrate Kondrackienė, Laimutis Kučinskas, Gediminas Kiudelis, Jurgita Skiecevičienė, and Limas Kupčinskas. 2016. "Association of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population" Medicina 52, no. 5: 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.004

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Juzėnas, S., Kupčinskas, J., Valantienė, I., Šumskienė, J., Petrenkienė, V., Kondrackienė, J., Kučinskas, L., Kiudelis, G., Skiecevičienė, J., & Kupčinskas, L. (2016). Association of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations with liver cirrhosis in the Lithuanian population. Medicina, 52(5), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.004

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