Faculty of Medicine, Université St Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon.
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2010 Jan;63(1):22-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00765.x.
We investigated the association of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT)3 gene variants with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage (RM).
A case-control study involving 189 RM patients and 244 control women was carried out. STAT3 (rs1053004 and rs1023023) genotyping was performed by allelic discrimination/real-time PCR method.
STAT3 rs1053004 C allele [OR (95% CI) = 1.60 (1.22-2.10)] and C/C genotype [OR (95% CI) = 3.42 (1.70-6.92)] were positively associated with RM. Two-locus (rs1053004/rs1053023) haplotype analysis revealed increased frequency of CG and CA haplotypes in RM patients, of which only CA haplotype (Pc = 0.020) remained positively associated with RM after applying the Bonferroni correction. This was confirmed by multivariate regression analysis (OR = 1.70; 95% CI = 1.17-2.46) after adjusting for a number of covariates.
STAT3 rs1053004 variant is significantly associated with idiopathic RM. Replication studies on other racial groups and other STAT3 gene variants are warranted.
我们研究了信号转导和转录激活因子(STAT)3 基因变异与特发性复发性流产(RM)的关联。
进行了一项病例对照研究,纳入了 189 名 RM 患者和 244 名对照女性。通过等位基因鉴别/实时 PCR 方法对 STAT3(rs1053004 和 rs1023023)进行基因分型。
STAT3 rs1053004 C 等位基因[比值比(95%可信区间)= 1.60(1.22-2.10)]和 C/C 基因型[比值比(95%可信区间)= 3.42(1.70-6.92)]与 RM 呈正相关。双位点(rs1053004/rs1053023)单体型分析显示 RM 患者 CG 和 CA 单体型频率增加,其中仅 CA 单体型(Pc = 0.020)在应用 Bonferroni 校正后仍与 RM 呈正相关。这在调整了多个协变量后,通过多变量回归分析(OR = 1.70;95%CI = 1.17-2.46)得到了证实。
STAT3 rs1053004 变异与特发性 RM 显著相关。有必要在其他种族群体和其他 STAT3 基因变异中进行复制研究。