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R202Q prevalence in clinically diagnosed Familial Mediterranean Fever patients: 9 years of data analysis from 1570 patients living Central Black Sea region, Turkey

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Introduction

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent self-limiting fever, peritonitis, arthritis, and erysipelas-like-erythema, common among ethnic groups such as Turkish, Armenian, Arab, and Jewish. The disease is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene encoding the Pyrin. This study examines the genotypes of FMF patients from Amasya, Turkey.

Method

According to the Tel Hashomer criteria, one thousand five hundred seventy patients (871 female, 699 male, mean age 21.2 ± 15.5 years) living in Amasya Province and the surroundings were screened for sequence variants in the entire MEFV gene. Besides, mutation types and alleles were evaluated with clinical findings.

Results

MEFV mutations and polymorphisms were found in 1413 of the 1570 patients (90%). Among these patients, 5 (0.3%) were double homozygous, 152 (9.7%) were homozygous, 373 (23.8%) were double heterozygous, and 882 (56.2%) were heterozygous. The most frequent genotype was R202Q (960, 43.5%) followed by M694V (n = 412, 18.7%), E148Q (n = 321, 14.6%), and M680I (n = 200, 9.1%). The most common clinical symptoms were abdominal pain (96.4%) and fever (91.3%).

Conclusions

The fact that the R202Q genotype, which is compatible with the known FMF clinic, is frequently seen shows that it should be included in routine molecular screenings of the patients. Functional studies of the R202Q variant pyrin protein should be performed to understand FMF better. Finally, it is unclear whether the R202Q genotype might be regarded as a mutation while being approved as a polymorphism in the inFevers database.

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Key points

• The R202Q genotype predominated in the Central Black Sea area of Turkey.

• Functional studies of the R202Q variant pyrin protein should be performed to elucidate its role in FMF fully.

• Whether the R202Q genotype can be considered a mutation will be clarified as a result of further research.

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Çapraz, M., Düz, M.E. R202Q prevalence in clinically diagnosed Familial Mediterranean Fever patients: 9 years of data analysis from 1570 patients living Central Black Sea region, Turkey. Ir J Med Sci 192, 2273–2278 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03233-1

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