BACKGROUND: Biliary atresia (BA) is a devastating neonatal hepatobiliary disease characterized by bile duct inflammation and fibrosis. The pathogenesis remains unclear, but immunologically mediated injury to bile ducts following an infectious insult is likely to play a critical role. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a key cytokine that affects immune-mediated inflammatory responses. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate whether polymorphisms of the IFN-gamma (IFNG) gene were associated with susceptibility to BA. METHODS: The IFNG -1615 C/T, -183 G/T, +874 A/T, and +2197 A/G polymorphisms were genotyped using the TaqMan assay, and CA repeat microsatellite was analyzed using capillary electrophoresis in 50 children with BA and 788 ethnically matched healthy controls. RESULTS: The distribution of genotype, allele, and haplotype frequencies of these IFNG gene variants did not differ significantly between children with BA and controls. CONCLUSION: Polymorphisms of the IFNG gene do not appear to play a major role in the genetic predisposition to BA in Taiwanese children.
BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is a devastating neonatal hepatobiliary disease characterized by bile duct inflammation and fibrosis. The pathogenesis remains unclear, but immunologically mediated injury to bile ducts following an infectious insult is likely to play a critical role. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a key cytokine that affects immune-mediated inflammatory responses. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate whether polymorphisms of the IFN-gamma (IFNG) gene were associated with susceptibility to BA. METHODS: The IFNG-1615 C/T, -183 G/T, +874 A/T, and +2197 A/G polymorphisms were genotyped using the TaqMan assay, and CA repeat microsatellite was analyzed using capillary electrophoresis in 50 children with BA and 788 ethnically matched healthy controls. RESULTS: The distribution of genotype, allele, and haplotype frequencies of these IFNG gene variants did not differ significantly between children with BA and controls. CONCLUSION: Polymorphisms of the IFNG gene do not appear to play a major role in the genetic predisposition to BA in Taiwanese children.
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