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Genetic polymorphisms and their effects on the severity of silicosis in workers exposed to silica in Brazil.

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Objective

Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis characterized by fibrosis of the lung parenchyma caused by inhalation of silica particles. Genetic factors might play a role in the severity silicosis. We sought to evaluate the influence of polymorphisms in the ACE, FAS, FASLG, NOS2, IL1RN, FAM13A, TGFB1, and TNF genes on the severity of silicosis.

Methods

Nine polymorphisms were genotyped by PCR in a sample of 143 patients with silicosis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Results

Fifty-seven patients (40%) were classified as having simple silicosis and 86 (60%) were classified as having complicated silicosis. The TT genotype of rs1800469 in the TGFB1 gene showed a protective effect for complicated silicosis (OR = 0.35; 95% CI, 0.14-0.92; p = 0.028) when compared with the other two genotypes (CC+CT). The polymorphic T allele of rs763110 in the FASLG gene (OR = 0.56; 95% CI, 0.31-0.99; p = 0.047), as well as a dominant model for the T allele (TT+CT: OR = 0.37; 95% CI, 0.15-0.96; p = 0.037), also showed a protective effect. When patients with simple silicosis despite having been exposed to silica for a longer time (> 44,229 hours) were compared with patients with complicated silicosis despite having been exposed to silica for a shorter time, the T allele of rs763110 in the FASLG gene (OR = 0.20; 95% CI, 0.08-0.48; p < 0.0001), as well as dominant and recessive models (OR = 0.06; 95% CI, 0.00-0.49; p = 0.01 and OR = 0.22; 95% CI, 0.06-0.77; p = 0.014, respectively), showed a protective effect against the severity of silicosis.

Conclusions

It appears that rs1800469 polymorphisms in the TGFB1 gene and rs763110 polymorphisms in the FASLG gene are involved in the severity of silicosis. Given the lack of studies relating genetic polymorphisms to the severity of silicosis, these results should be replicated in other populations.

SUBMITTER: Castro MCS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9747185 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic polymorphisms and their effects on the severity of silicosis in workers exposed to silica in Brazil.

Castro Marcos César Santos de MCS Nani Angela Santos Ferreira ASF Salum Kaio Cezar Rodrigues KCR Rolando Jônatas de Mendonça JM Santos Júlia Fernandes Barbosa Dos JFBD Castro Hermano Albuquerque de HA Ribeiro Patrícia Canto PC Costa Walter W Mello Cícero Brasileiro de CB Kohlrausch Fabiana Barzotto FB

Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia 20221104 5

<h4>Objective</h4>Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis characterized by fibrosis of the lung parenchyma caused by inhalation of silica particles. Genetic factors might play a role in the severity silicosis. We sought to evaluate the influence of polymorphisms in the ACE, FAS, FASLG, NOS2, IL1RN, FAM13A, TGFB1, and TNF genes on the severity of silicosis.<h4>Methods</h4>Nine polymorphisms were genotyped by PCR in a sample of 143 patients with silicosis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<h4>Results</ ...[more]

PMID: 36350953

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Genetic polymorphisms and their effects on the severity of silicosis in workers exposed to silica in Brazil.

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Genetic polymorphisms and their effects on the severity of silicosis in workers exposed to silica in Brazil.

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