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The role of human Dectin-1 Y238X gene polymorphism in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis infections

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Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is defined as having four or more symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) attacks within a year. This study aimed to investigate whether Human Dectin-1 Y238X Gene Polymorphism plays a role in RVVC pathogenesis. In order to examine and explore this aim, an experimental study was undergone. The clinical study design was conducted with 50 women diagnosed with RVVC and had four or more symptomatic VVC attacks who were included in the experimental group; while 50 women who did not have previous RVVC history and diagnosis and did not have vaginal discharge and itching in the past year were included in the control group. Blood samples were collected from these patients and transferred to EDTA tubes, to investigate the Dectin-1 Y238X gene polymorphism, and stored at −80°. When Dectin-1 genotypes were compared, there was no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.452, p = 0.615, p = 0.275). History of familial RVVC was significantly higher in the experimental group (p = 0.001). When the multivariate analysis was used to evaluate factors that could determine RVVC frequency, history of familial RVVC was found to increase the frequency of RVVC attacks by 3.3 units. This study is the first-of-its-kind to investigate the correlation between Dectin-1 Y238X polymorphism, which has not been previously studied in the Turkish population, and RVVC. The result of this study suggests that there is no correlation between this polymorphism and RVVC.

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  1. Department Gynecology and Obstetric, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey

    Betul Usluogullari, Ilknur Gumus, Ikbal Kaygusuz, Serap Simavli & Hasan Kafali

  2. Department of Medical Genetics, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey

    Esra Gunduz, Muradiye Acar, Murat Oznur & Mehmet Gunduz

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Usluogullari, B., Gumus, I., Gunduz, E. et al. The role of human Dectin-1 Y238X gene polymorphism in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis infections. Mol Biol Rep 41, 6763–6768 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-014-3562-2

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