• 1.Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Dongfeng Hospital, Yunyang Medical College, Shiyan 442000, Hubei Province, China;;
  • 2.The Second Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650101, Yunnan Province, China;
ZHOU Wenbo, Email: zwbmail@yahoo.com.cn
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ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between the -2548 G/A functional polymorphism in the 5′ promoter region of the leptin gene and gallstones. Methods The -2548 G/A polymorphisms of leptin gene were determined by polymerase chain reactionrestriction fragment length polymorphism technology (PCRRFLP) in 118 patients with cholesterol gallstones and 53 normal control subjects. Then the allele and genotype distribution were studied. Results The distribution of leptin2458 G/A in two groups was statistically significantly different: the genotype frequency of AA+GA of patients in gallstone group was higher than that in control group (χ2=4.251, P=0.039). AA+AG genotype had 2.813 times greater risk for gallstone disease compared with GG genotype (OR=2.813, 95% CI=1.020-7.757). Allele frequency distribution in the two groups was different: the allele frequency of A of patients in gallstone group was higher than that in control group (χ2=5.791, P=0.016). The risk of gallstone disease in the A alleles carriers was 1.777 times as higher as the carriers of G alleles (OR=1.777, 95% CI=1.110-2.844). ConclusionThe -2548 G/A polymorphism in the 5′ promoter region of leptin gene is significantly correlated with the gallstones. The A alleles of leptin may be a genetic factor which contributes to individual susceptibility for gallstone, while the G alleles of leptin may be a genetic factor that prevents people from gallstone.

Citation: WU Hongwei ,WANG Fei,SONG Shaohua,SHEN Feng,ZHANG Xiaowen,ZHOU Wenbo. Association of -2548 G/A Polymorphism of Leptin Gene with Cholesterol Gallstones. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2011, 18(1): 63-66. doi: Copy

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