Objective To investigate whether the clinical outcomes of HBV infection are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 gene promoter region.Methods The polymorphisms of three positions at TLR9 gene promoter region including A-1923C, T-1486C and T-1237C were detected using real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 96 patients with severe chronic hepatitis B, 156 patients with chronic hepatitis B and 151 cases of HBV spontaneous clearance, then the differences between the groups were analyzed.Analysis of variance was performed for measurement data,and χ2 test or Fisher exact probability test were used for enumeration data.Results The frequency of AC genotype at TLR9 gene A-1923C site in chronic hepatitis B group was 3.8%, which was significantly lower than that in HBV spontaneous clearance group (11.3%) (χ2=6.082, P ＜ 0.05), but no significant difference was found between severe chronic hepatitis B group (8.3%) and HBV spontaneous clearance group (χ2=0.552, P ＞0.05).No significant differences of genotype distribution were found between chronic severe hepatitis B group and HBV spontaneous clearance group , chronic hepatitis B group and HBV spontaneous clearance group at polymorphism sites of T-1486C and T-1237C (χ2=1.534 and 0.745, P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Genotype AC at TLR9 gene A-1923C site is associated with HBV spontaneous clearance, but not correlated with chronic HBV infection and liver failure; there is no correlation of polymorphisms in T-1486C and T-1237C at TLR9 gene promoter region with the clinical outcomes of HBV infection.

Objective To investigate the polymorphisms of-139 and -336 nucleotides in dendritic cells specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) promoter region in context of HIV susceptibility, infection routines and HIV/AIDS progress. Methods Polymorphisms of -139 and -336 nucleotides in DC-SIGN were examined in 160 HIV-positive subjects and 178 healthy controls;the Spearman test was performed to analyze their associations with HIV infection status. Results In 160 HIV-positive subjects, there were 92 (57.5%) with-139C, 68 (42.5%) with-139T, 29 (18.1%) with-336C and 131 (81.9%) with -336T. The frequencies of -139T/C and -336T/C in HIV-positive subjects were similar to those in the healthy controls (χ2 =0. 121 and 1. 754, P ＞0.05 ). No differences were found in the distribution of -139T/C or -336T/C in HIV-positive subjects infected via sex intercourse or intravenous drug (χ2 =0. 435 and 0. 103, P ＞ 0. 05 ). -139C was usually companied with -336C ( r = 0. 359, P ＜ 0.01 ).-139T (27.9%) were more frequently presented in patients with CD4 +T cells ≤50 cells/μL than -139C( 23.0%, χ2 = 4.055, P ＜ 0.05 ). -139T/C and -336T/C were not related to HIV RNA levels ( t = - 0. 643and - 1. 637, P ＞ 0.05). Conclusions Genotype -139C in DC-SIGN promoter region usually coexist with -336C. Polymorphisms of -139 and -336 are not related to HIV susceptibilities or HIV infection routes.-139T genotype may be related to serious depletion on CD4 + T cells.