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. 2021 Aug;100(8):1921-1927.
doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04532-w. Epub 2021 Jun 14.

Association of KLOTHO polymorphisms with clinical complications of sickle cell anemia

Jéssica V G F Batista  1 , Diego A Pereira-Martins  1   2 , Diego A Falcão  1 , Igor F Domingos  1   3 , Gabriela S Arcanjo  1 , Betânia L Hatzlhofer  1   4 , Isabel Weinhäuser  2 , Thais H C Batista  1 , Pablo R G Cardoso  5 , Ana C Dos Anjos  6 , Manuela F Hazin  6 , Maira G R Pitta  5 , Fernando F Costa  7 , Aderson S Araujo  6 , Antonio R Lucena-Araujo  1 , Marcos A Bezerra  8
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Association of KLOTHO polymorphisms with clinical complications of sickle cell anemia

Jéssica V G F Batista et al. Ann Hematol. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

The clinical and phenotypic heterogeneity of patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) is influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Several genetic modifiers, such as the KLOTHO (KL) gene, have been associated with SCA clinical outcomes. The KL gene and its encoded proteins are implicated in important biological pathways, which affect the disease's pathophysiology, such as expression of adhesion molecules VCAM-1 and ICAM-1, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide biology. Here, we evaluated the clinical relevance of two polymorphisms found on the KL gene (rs685417 and rs211239) in 588 unrelated patients with SCA. Genotyping analyses were performed using the TaqMan system. The KL rs211239 was associated with increased number of vaso-occlusive crisis (VOCs) per year (P = 0.001), while KL rs685417 was associated with increased frequency of stroke (P = 0.034), priapism (P = 0.011), number of complications (P = 0.019), and with a lower incidence of priapism (P = 0.036). Additionally, the associations with VOCs, stroke, and priapism remained consistent in multivariate analyses (P < 0.05). Our data highlight the clinical importance of KL in SCA.

Keywords: Clinical outcome; KL rs211239; KL rs685417; Prognostic markers; Sickle cell disease.

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