Tumor necrosis factor alpha -238G/A (rs 361525) gene polymorphism predicts progression to type-2 diabetes in an Eastern Indian population with prediabetes

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2013 Mar;99(3):e37-41. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.12.007. Epub 2013 Jan 5.

Abstract

Prediabetes (IPD; n=122) and normoglycemic individuals (n=100) underwent assessment of polymorphisms of TNFα (-238, -308) and IL6 (-174). After 27.25±5.64 months, 16 IPD had reverted to normoglycemia and 18 progressed to diabetes. TNFα -238AA/GA genotypes were significantly more common in IPD, had higher TNFα, higher progression to diabetes and lower reversal.

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics*
  • Disease Progression
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Indien
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Prediabetic State / genetics*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics*
  • White People

Substances

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha