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العنوان
Study of Bcl-1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene in Patients with Bronchial Asthma /
المؤلف
Mohamed, Sara Abdellatif Khamis .
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / ساره عبد اللطيف خميس
مشرف / مني فتحي يوسف
مشرف / إيمان صالح الحديدي
مشرف / منـة الله علي شعبان
تاريخ النشر
2020.
عدد الصفحات
113 P. :
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
ماجستير
التخصص
الطب (متفرقات)
تاريخ الإجازة
1/1/2020
مكان الإجازة
جامعة عين شمس - كلية الطب - قسم الباثولوجيا الاكلينيكية
الفهرس
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Abstract

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways associated with airway hyper-responsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing.
Bronchial asthma is a multi-factorial disease process which represents a dysfunctional interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Several environmental risk factors have been identified such as exposure to air pollution, tobaccos smoke as well as occupational risk factors.
The genetic association with BA takes 3 major forms which includes candidate gene, positional cloning linkage and single nucleotide polymorphisms. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or specific genetic variations occur across the entire genome. SNPs are currently the preferred method for the identification of genetic determinants in complex multifactorial diseases such as asthma.
Glucocorticoids are the main anti-inflammatory and exert their action through Glucocorticoid Receptor. Polymorphisms of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) gene lead to alternation in glucocorticoid sensitivity. Bcl-1 is one of the most common gene polymorphisms under research.
The present study was conducted to investigate the frequency of the Bcl-1 single nucleotide polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) in patients with bronchial asthma (BA) and to evaluate its association with the response to glucocorticoids therapy.
The study included 80 adult patients with BA diagnosed according to the Global Initiative for asthma (GINA, 2017) who was recruited from the Chest Medicine Department of Ain Shams University hospitals. Patients were subdivided according to the response to glucocorticoids therapy into glucocorticoids resistant patients and sensitive patients. In addition, 20 apparently healthy age and gender matched served as healthy controls.
All individuals in the study were subjected to full medical history and thorough clinical examination with special emphasis on chest examination according to GINA 2017 and thorough clinical examination for BMI as a tool for diagnosis of obesity. Detection of Bcl-1 single nucleotide polymorphism using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique.
The results of the present study revealed that no statistically significant differences were observed regarding Bcl-1 SNP of h-GR/NR3C1 gene polymorphism genotype and allele frequencies between patients and controls. In BA resistant and sensitive patients there is statistical significant difference. There is significant association between GCs resistance development and Bcl-1 SNP.
Furthermore, data of the present study also revealed absence of statistical significance difference between patients with BA and healthy control groups as regard the incidence of DM linked to glucocorticoid treatment. However, regarding linking to obesity, there was statistical significance difference between BA patients and control groups. Moreover; the study revealed statistical significance difference between the resistant and sensitive groups of BA patients according to linking to obesity.
In conclusion, the current study has introduced an additional evidence for the significant association between GCs resistance development and Bcl-1 SNP. On the other hand, the study failed to prove the presence of an association between Bcl-1 SNP and BA disease.
Moreover, there is absence of statistical significance difference between patients with BA and healthy control groups as regard the incidence of DM linked to glucocorticoid treatment. In contrast with obesity, there was statistical significance difference between BA patients and control groups. Moreover; the study revealed statistical significance difference between the resistant and sensitive groups of BA patients regarding obesity.