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Herpesvirus type 7 infection may play an important role in individuals with a genetic profile of susceptibility to Graves' disease.

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OBJECTIVE:An inherited profile of genes related to the response to aggressive environmental factors such as viruses and chemicals may be related to an increased susceptibility to Graves' disease (GD). DESIGN AND METHODS:This prospective case-control study was designed to examine the relationship between human herpesviruses (HHV) infection, determined by circulating DNA; tumour protein p53 (TP53) apoptotic ability; and detoxification system genes, and GD. We studied 280 confirmed GD patients paired to 284 controls with respect to environmental exposure. Exclusion criteria included medications that could interfere with thyroid function evaluation and a recent history of viral and bacterial infections. RESULTS:A stepwise regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, and ethnicity established the inheritance of glutathione S-transferase pi 1 (GSTP1) (odds ratio (OR)=3.423; 95% confidence interval (CI)=2.120-5.527; P<0.001) and cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 1 (CYP1A1) variants (OR=1.649; 95% CI=1.012-2.686; P=0.0445) as significant risk factors for the disease. HHV-7 infection was much more common in GD patients (64.64%) than in controls (38.73%; chi(2), P<0.0001), and it increased the risk for GD more than three times (OR=3.133; 95% CI=1.959-5.011; P<0.0001). The inheritance of less efficient Pro/Pro TP53 gene variants significantly increased the risk of GD development (OR=5.196; 95% CI=2.112-12.783; P<0.0001) and also favored HHV-7 infection (OR=2.835; 95% CI=1.100-7.310; P=0.0275). In addition, 72TP53 variants augmented the risk of GD relapse (OR=1.860; 95% CI=1.015-3.410; P=0.0446). CONCLUSIONS:We suggest that an inherited genetic profile involving TP53 may favor HHV-7 infection and maintenance, which, in turn, may initiate and perpetuate GD autoimmune process.

journal_name

Eur J Endocrinol

journal_title

European journal of endocrinology

authors

Leite JL,Bufalo NE,Santos RB,Romaldini JH,Ward LS

doi

10.1530/EJE-09-0719

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-02-01 00:00:00

pages

315-21

issue

eissn

0804-4643

issn

1479-683X

pii

EJE-09-0719

journal_volume

162

pub_type

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Herpesvirus type 7 infection may play an important role in individuals with a genetic profile of susceptibility to Graves' disease.