The influence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphism on the progression of chronic glomerulonephritides

. 2011 ; 57 (4) : 145-50.

Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium print

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PubMed 21978756
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Vascular endothelial growth factor is an important mediator in maintaining normal kidney functions. In addition, several lines of evidence show that up-regulation of this mediator in glomeruli may be associated with or may directly cause renal dysfunction. We tried to assess the influence of the -2578 C/A and -1154 G/A polymorphisms in the regulatory region of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene upon progression of three primary chronic glomerulonephritides (minimal change disease/focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy, immunoglobulin A nephropathy). We studied a cohort of 213 patients compared to 311 unrelated healthy controls. Analysis of the C/A polymorphism of vascular endothelial growth factor revealed an increased prevalence of CC genotype in the minimal change disease/focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis group in comparison with the other groups. A balanced distribution of G and A alleles among the respective types of chronic glomerulonephritides was shown in the analysis of -1154 G/A polymorphism. Finally, we have not proved any significant influence of the polymorphisms at positions -2578 C/A and -1154 G/A of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene promoter on the progression of chronic glomerulonephritides even though our study suggests a negative effect of CC genotype of -2578 C/A polymorphism on the clinical course of minimal change disease/focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

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