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. 2023 Apr 12:44:166.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.166.38544. eCollection 2023.

MCP-1-2518 (A>G) polymorphism and asthma risk: a pilot case-control study in Cameroon

Jériel Pascal Nkeck  1 , Jan René Nkeck  1 , Jean-Paul Chedjou  2 , Aude Laetitia Ndoadoumgue  1   3 , Doris Bibi Essama  1 , Emmanuel Afane Ze  1   4 , Wilfred Fon Mbacham  1   2
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MCP-1-2518 (A>G) polymorphism and asthma risk: a pilot case-control study in Cameroon

Jériel Pascal Nkeck et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Introduction: there is little data on the genetic determinants of asthma in Cameroon and sub-Saharan Africa, yet the involvement of genetics in the pathogenesis of this disease has been reported in the literature for several years. This study aims to investigate the possible role of MCP-1 2518 for the risk of asthma in Cameroonians.

Methods: we performed a case-control study on 30 volunteers suffering from asthma, matched by aged and sex to 30 healthy subjects. We determine the polymorphism of MCP-1 2518 using restriction fragment length polymorphism following Polymerase Chain Reaction (RFLP-PCR). Fisher exact test was used to compare proportions, with a threshold of significance set at 0.05.

Results: the average age of cases was 21±10 years with 17 (56.7%) females. The distribution of the MCP-1-2518 (A>G) gene polymorphism in people with asthma was as follows: 3 for AA, 5 for GG, and 22 for AG. The minor G allele was predominant (90%) in people with asthma. It was significantly associated with asthma whether the genotype was heterozygous AG or homozygous GG (p<0.01).

Conclusion: MCP-1-2518 (A>G) shows an association with asthma in our sample. Future larger studies evaluating several polymorphisms are needed to describe the genetic determinants of asthma in Cameroon and sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: Asthma; Cameroonians; MCP-1-2518; genetics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
visualization of MCP-1 after amplification (A), and after digestion (B) (MWM: molecular weight marker; C+: positive control; C-: negative control; bp: bases pairs; AG and AA represents the genotypes)
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