Exploring Impact of Gender and Age Discrepancies on the Expression of Toll-like Receptor 3 and 7 Gene mRNA of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
10.3969/j.issn.1671-7414.2015.01.007
- VernacularTitle:探讨性别和年龄在慢性丙型肝炎患者外周血Toll样受体3和7基因表达中的影响
- Author:
Zhili NIU
;
Pingan ZHANG
;
Yongqing TONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic hepatitis C;
peripheral blood mononuclear cells;
toll like receptor;
real-time quantitative PCR
- From:
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine
2015;(1):23-26
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Investigating the expression of TLR3 and TLR7 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC),to explore the effects of gender and age on Toll-like receptor expres-sion.Methods Peripheral blood was collected from 1 1 5 patients of chronic hepatitis C infection,1 1 3 healthy individuals.Ex-pression levels of TLR3 and TLR7 mRNA were detected by real-time quantitative PCR.Results The expression of TLR3 and TLR7 mRNA were significant difference between patients with CHC infection and healthy individuals (t=38.73,6.16, P<0.05),respectively.The expression of TLR3 and TLR7 mRNA were significant difference between premenopausal fe-males with CHC infection,postmenopausal females and young males of CHC infection (t=61.210,6.464,P<0.05;t=24.166,26.266,P<0.05),respectively.The expression of TLR3 and TLR7 mRNA were significant differences between old males and young males of chronic hepatitis CHC infection (t=86.349,19.583,P<0.05).The expression of TLR3 mRNA was significant differences between old males and postmenopausal females of CHC infection (t=122.941,P<0.05).There was no correlation between the expressions of TLR3 and TLR7 and HCV-RNA load of CHC patents of Gender and age dis-crepancies (|r|<0.40,P>0.05).The HCV-RNA load of premenopausal females was significant lower than young males and old females (t=3.49,2.51,P<0.05),the load of old males was lower than old females (t=2.35,P<0.05),however, there was no significant differences between old males and old females (t=1.20,P<0.05).Conclusion Gender and age dis-crepancies have a relationship with the expression of Toll-like receptors of patients with CHC infection,which may provide a theoretical basis and a new method for CHC.
