Abstract
Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is characterized as a form of hepatitis in which detectable amounts of HBV-DNA can be monitored in the peripheral blood of patients whereas the hepatitis B surface antigen is undetectable. The main aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a relationship between OBI and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the −592 region of the IL-10 gene. In this study, the polymorphism at position −592 of the IL-10 promoter of 57 OBI cases was compared and correlated to that of 100 healthy controls by PCR-RFLP techniques. Our results showed that patient and control groups had significant differences regarding genotypes and alleles of the −592 polymorphism in the IL-10 gene. Based on our results, it can be concluded that the −592 polymorphism within the promoter of the IL-10 gene is associated with OBI.
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The authors of this article would like to take this chance to acknowledge all the OBI patients and healthy controls who contributed to this research; your input is appreciated. This work was supported by a grant from the Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.
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Ahmadabadi, B.N., Hassanshahi, G., Arababadi, .K. et al. The IL-10 Promoter Polymorphism at Position −592 is Correlated with Susceptibility to Occult HBV Infection. Inflammation 35, 818–821 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-011-9381-x
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