Distribution of GST-pi single nucleotide polymorphism in idiopathic epilepsy patients and its association with electroencephalogram
	    		
		   		
	    	
    	
    	
   		
        
        	
        		- VernacularTitle:谷胱甘肽硫转移酶pi基因型在隐源性癫(癎)患者中的分布特征及其与脑电图的相关性
 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Juan YANG
			        		
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			        		Zhengxiang XIE
			        		
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			        		Xuefeng WANG
			        		
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			        		Jing ZHANG
			        		
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			        		Zhiqin XI
			        		
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			        		Zuchun HUANG
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Publication Type:Journal Article
 
        	
        	
        		- Keywords:
        			
	        			
	        				
	        				
			        		
				        		Epilepsy;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Glutathione transferase;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Polymorphism,single nucleotide;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Electroencephalography
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            
            	- From:
	            		
	            			Chinese Journal of Neurology
	            		
	            		 2008;41(9):585-588
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryChina
 
            
            
            	- Language:Chinese
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	Objective To study the distribution patterns of the SNPs for the 3 sites (Ⅱe105Val, Ala114Val and Asp147Tyr) of glutathione S-transferase pi (GST-pi) in epilepsy patients without definite etiological factors. Methods At the same time, the possible relationship of GST-pi gene mutation with the vulnerability of drug-resistant epilepsy, drug-responsive epilepsy and EEG feature were explored. The SNPs of GST-pi for healthy people, drug-responsive epilepsy patients and drug-resistant epilepsy patients were genotyped by sequence-specific primers (SSP)-based PCR technologies (PCR-SSP). Results In drugresponsive epilepsy group, the frequency for 3 sites of mutated SNP of GST-pi was 59.62%, 55.32% and 50.94%, while it was 58.33%, 51.19% and 45.92% in drug-resistant epilepsy group. The difference of genotype and allele between normal group and foregoing epilepsy group was significant ( P<0.01 ), but no difference was found between drug-respensive epilepsy group and drug-resistant epilepsy group ( P>0.05 ). There was a difference of genotype distribution between groups with typical and untypical epilepsy EEG ( F = 0.0294, 8.867 × 10-6, 1.366 × 10-5, P<0.05 ). Conclusions The results indicate that the SNPs of GST-pi are associated with an increased risk of epilepsy, but not associated with an increased risk of drugresistant epilepsy. The patients present EEG characteristic of typical epilepsy.