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. 2010 Dec;37(8):4051-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11033-010-0064-8. Epub 2010 Mar 20.

The 5178C/A and 16189T/C polymorphisms of mitochondrial DNA in Korean men and their associations with blood iron metabolism

Byung Yong Kang  1 , Heenam Choi, Junghyun Kwon, Jae Koo Lee
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The 5178C/A and 16189T/C polymorphisms of mitochondrial DNA in Korean men and their associations with blood iron metabolism

Byung Yong Kang et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Several studies reported that there were the associations between the genetic polymorphisms in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and some blood iron markers. Thus, we tried to investigate the relationship between two genetic polymorphisms (5178C/A and 16189T/C) in the mtDNA and several blood iron markers in Korean men. A total of unrelated 131 Korean men were participated in this study. Two genetic polymorphisms in the mtDNA was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method, and hematological or biochemical assay performed by autoanalyzer. Although the 16189T/C polymorphism was not significantly associated with any iron parameters measured in this study, we found that the 5178C/A polymorphism was significantly associated with red blood cell (RBC) count and hematocrit (HCT) value in Korean men (P < 0.05). Therefore, our data suggest that the 5178C/A polymorphism in the mtDNA might be useful as a genetic marker with respect to blood iron metabolism.

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