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The Authority of Gene Modifiers in β-Thalassemia Major and Its Relationship to the Pathophysiology of the Disease

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Eman Nasr Eldin, Sally A Sayed, Asmaa M Ismail, Hebat Alla Abdellatif, Naglaa K Idriss, Alaa S Abde-Elkader
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β-Thalassemia, an inherited red blood cell disorder, presents a significant health problem worldwide and is caused by defects in the β-globin gene, resulting in the reduction or absence of β-globin chain synthesis. That leads to blood transfusion dependency with its terrible complications. Polymorphisms at position-158 of XmnI-HBG2 on chromosome 11 and BCL11A site on chromosome 2p16 might be linked with elevated hemoglobin F (HbF) appearance, which may, in turn, improve β-thalassemia sternness. This study aims to walk around the amending effects of XmnI and BCL11A loci on HbF levels in Egyptian β-thalassemia patients. Material and Methods. A prospective case-control study of 70 multi-transfused β-thalassemia major patients and 22 controls was performed in the Paediatric hematology unit of Assiut university hospital from June 2019 till April 2021. PCR-RFLP was used to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms at XmnI and BCL11A site loci. Results. XmnI Polymorphism was detected in 9 of 70 patients and associated with higher mean HbF levels (53.48%) than patients without polymorphism (mean Hb level was 42.23%)(P-Value= 0.035). The frequency of CT heterozygous genotype was 8 (11.4%), TT homozygous genotype was (1.4%), while the wild genotype CC was detected in 61 (87.1%) of the cases. While BCL11A Polymorphism detected in 21 of 70 patients did not affect either Hb or HbF levels (P-Value= 0.26). The TT genotype frequency was 49 (70%), and TC heterozygous genotype was detected in 21 (30%) of patients. The CC genotype was absent. Conclusion: XmnI-158Gγ polymorphism, but not BCL11A …