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. 2017 Oct;69(10):703-708.
doi: 10.1007/s00251-017-1016-4. Epub 2017 Jul 5.

Genetic variability of interleukin-1 beta as prospective factor from developing post-traumatic stress disorder

Lilit Hovhannisyan  1 , Ani Stepanyan  2 , Arsen Arakelyan  2
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Genetic variability of interleukin-1 beta as prospective factor from developing post-traumatic stress disorder

Lilit Hovhannisyan et al. Immunogenetics. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Individual susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is conditioned by genetic factors, and association between this disorder and polymorphisms of several genes have been shown. The aim of this study was to explore a potential association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the IL-1β gene (IL1B) and PTSD. In genomic DNA samples of PTSD-affected and healthy subjects, the rs16944, rs1143634, rs2853550, rs1143643, and rs1143633 SNPs of IL1B gene have been genotyped. The results obtained demonstrated that IL1B rs1143633*C and rs16944*A minor allele frequency were significantly lower in patients than in controls. Our results confirm that IL1B rs1143633 and rs16944 SNPs are negatively associated with PTSD which allows us to consider them as protective variants for PTSD. IL1B rs1143633*C and rs16944*A minor allele frequencies and carriage rates are significantly lower in the PTSD patients as compared to the controls. These results may provide a base to conclude that above-mentioned alleles can be protective against PTSD, and IL1B gene can be involved in the pathogenesis of this disorder.

Keywords: Genotyping; Interleukin-1b; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Single nucleotide polymorphism.

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