Genetic study of the frequency of mutations in patients with Gilbert syndrom and familial mediterrenean fever
Abstract
Familial Mediterrenean Fever (FMF) is a relatively common genetic disease in the Mediterrenean basin associated with one or more mutations in the MEFV gene coding for the protein pyrin. Patients with FMF commonly display elevated indirect bilirubin levels during the characteristic FMF attacks which have been attributed either to the inflammatory process itself and/or to other unknown factors (genetic, environmental). Gilbert’s syndrome (GS) is a much more common genetic disease characterized by asymptomatic elevations of unconjugated bilirubin attributed to mutations of the UGT1A1 gene coding for the enzyme UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) that is involved in bilirubin glucuronidation in hepatocytes. It is unclear if GS mutations could play a role in bilirubin elevations in FMF patients.The aims of this study was first to identify the prevalence of mutations of the MEFV gene in Greek patients with FMF and of the UGT1A1 gene in Greek patients with GS and secondly to compare the prevale ...
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