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Association of Estrogen Receptor-α Gene & Metallothionein-1 Gene Polymorphisms in Type 2 Diabetic Women of Andhra Pradesh

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifactorial disease where both genetic and environmental factors contribute to its pathogenesis. Estrogen plays an important role in type 2 DM pathogenesis. A number of polymorphisms have been reported in the estrogen receptor (ESR1), including the XbaI and PvuII restriction enzyme polymorphisms of ESR1,which may be involved in disease pathogenesis. Metallothioneins (MT) act as potent antioxidants against various oxidative damages. Very few studies have indicated the association between Estrogen Receptor-α, MT1 gene polymorphisms with type2 DM. A total of 100 type 2 diabetic women and 100 age, sex matched controls were recruited. Using the PCR based RFLP method, the PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms of ESR1 and in MT1A (rs8052394 and rs11076161) gene polymorphisms were analysed. The genotype distribution and frequency of mutated allele showed no significant differences between diabetic and non-diabetic groups in PvuII (χ2 = 2.443; P = 0.1181) or XbaI (χ2 = 1.789; P = 0.1812) and rs8052394 (χ2 = 1.154; P = 0.2840) or rs11076161 (χ2 = 0.4141; P = 0.5199), polymorphisms. This is the first Indian study to conclude that ESR1 and MT1 gene polymorphisms are not associated with increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in Indian women.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Osmania University, Begumpet, Hyderabad, 500016, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Shilpa Reddy Ganasyam

  2. Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Begumpet, Hyderabad, 500016, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Talluri Bhaskar Rao, Y. S. R. Murthy & Akka Jyothy

  3. Department of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Genetics & Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Hyderabad, India

    Madireddy Sujatha

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Ganasyam, S.R., Rao, T.B., Murthy, Y.S.R. et al. Association of Estrogen Receptor-α Gene & Metallothionein-1 Gene Polymorphisms in Type 2 Diabetic Women of Andhra Pradesh. Ind J Clin Biochem 27, 69–73 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-011-0179-2

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