The influence of genetic variability in IL1B and MIR146A on the risk of pleural plaques and malignant mesothelioma
Catégorie d'article: Research Article
Publié en ligne: 21 oct. 2020
Pages: 429 - 436
Reçu: 07 juil. 2020
Accepté: 06 août 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2020-0057
Mots clés
© 2020 Petra Piber, Neza Vavpetic, Katja Goricar, Vita Dolzan, Viljem Kovac, Alenka Franko, published by Sciendo
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Background
Asbestos exposure is associated with the development of pleural plaques as well as malignant mesothelioma (MM). Asbestos fibres activate macrophages, leading to the release of inflammatory mediators including interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β). The expression of IL-1β may be influenced by genetic variability of
Subjects and methods
In total, 394 patients with pleural plaques, 277 patients with MM, and 175 healthy control subjects were genotyped for
Results
We found no association between
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that genetic variability of inflammatory mediator IL-1β could contribute to the risk of developing MM, but not pleural plaques.