Journal
MOLECULES AND CELLS
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 343-348Publisher
KOREAN SOC MOLECULAR & CELLULAR BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0054-7
Keywords
coagulation; femoral head; homocysteine; MTHFR; osteonecrosis; polymorphism
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- Ministry for Health, Welfare Family Affairs [A010252]
- MEST [R13-2008-009-01003-0]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [R13-2008-009-01003-0] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Some studies have suggested that coagulation disorders may be implicated in osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). The C677T polymorphism of the 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene has been postulated to be a genetic risk factor for venous thromboembolism and osteonecrosis in Caucasians, but this relationship has not been established in other populations. In this study, we conducted case-control analysis of whether MTHFR polymorphisms are associated with ONFH in Korean patients. Fifteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected and genotyped in 443 ONFH patients and 273 control subjects using the TaqMan 5' allelic discrimination assay. Comparison of ONFH and control subjects using logistic regression models revealed no statistically significant differences in the frequencies of the MTHFR polymorphisms and haplotypes. Further analysis stratified by etiology also showed no association. These results suggest that MTHFR polymorphisms play no significant role in susceptibility to ONFH in the Korean population.
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