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. 2019 Nov;36(11):2237-2244.
doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01573-z. Epub 2019 Oct 11.

Association between miR-146a C > G, miR-149 T > C, miR-196a2 T > C, and miR-499 A > G polymorphisms and susceptibility to idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss

Meysam Alipour  1 , Maryam Abtin  2 , Asghar Hosseinzadeh  3 , Masoud Maleki  4
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Association between miR-146a C > G, miR-149 T > C, miR-196a2 T > C, and miR-499 A > G polymorphisms and susceptibility to idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss

Meysam Alipour et al. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that microRNAs play fundamental regulatory roles in embryo implantation and maintenance of pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association between miR-146a C > G, miR-149 T > C, miR-196a2 T > C, and miR-499 A > G polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).

Material and methods: One hundred and twenty women with a history of two or more unexplained consecutive miscarriages and 90 ethnically matched healthy women with a history of at least two successful pregnancy outcomes and without a history of miscarriage were enrolled in a case-control study. Genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method.

Results: Our findings showed that the prevalence of miR-149 T > C polymorphism in RPL patients was significantly higher than those in healthy controls (p < 0.05). We also found that the presence of miR-149 C and miR-499 G alleles was significantly associated with susceptibility to RPL (p < 0.05). The miR-146a CC/miR-499 GG, miR-149 TC/miR-499 AG, and miR-196a2 TT/miR-499 GG combined genotypes were associated with the high risk of RPL (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: This study suggests that miR-149 T > C polymorphism and the presence of miR-149 C, and miR-499 G alleles are a genetic determinant for the risk of idiopathic RPL.

Keywords: Polymorphism; Recurrent pregnancy loss; miR-146a C > G; miR-149 T > C; miR-196a2 T > C; miR-499 A > G.

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