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Necrotizing Enterocolitis Is Not Associated With Sequence Variants in Antioxidant Response Genes in Premature Infants
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis Is Not Associated With Sequence Variants in Antioxidant Response Genes in Premature Infants

Venkatesh Sampath, Daniel Helbling, Heather Menden, David Dimmock, Neil P Mulrooney, Jeffrey C Murray, John M Dagle and Jeffery S Garland
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, Vol.62(3), pp.420-423
03/2016
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000988
PMCID: PMC5055643
PMID: 26426434
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Abstract

Reactive oxygen species mediate intestinal injury in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and yet the contribution of antioxidant response (ARE) gene polymorphisms to NEC risk remains unknown. Premature infants recruited in a multicenter study were genotyped for 6 ARE variants. Among 637 infants, 52 had NEC, and 22 developed surgical NEC. Gestational age <28 weeks (P < 0.02) and African American race (P = 0.03) were associated with NEC. The NFE2L2 (rs6721961), SOD2 (rs4880), GSTP1 (rs1695), NQO1 (rs1800566), GCLC (rs17883901), and HMOX1 (rs2071747) variants were not associated with medical or surgical NEC. This study does not support a role for common deleterious ARE variants in NEC.
Genetic Predisposition to Disease Prospective Studies Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - genetics Humans Genotype Infant Male Gestational Age Antioxidants Genetic Variation Infant, Premature Antioxidant Response Elements - genetics Female NF-E2-Related Factor 2 - genetics Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Infant, Newborn Cohort Studies

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