Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients
Labib, E., Ibrahim, H., El-Daly, M., Ghanem, H., El-Elaimy, I., Abdel-Hamid, M. (2018). Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 10(2), 15-23. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2018.25460
Eman Labib; Hany M. Ibrahim; Mai El-Daly; Heba S. Ghanem; Ibrahim A. El-Elaimy; Mohamed Abdel-Hamid. "Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 2, 2018, 15-23. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2018.25460
Labib, E., Ibrahim, H., El-Daly, M., Ghanem, H., El-Elaimy, I., Abdel-Hamid, M. (2018). 'Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients', EKB Journal Management System, 10(2), pp. 15-23. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2018.25460
Labib, E., Ibrahim, H., El-Daly, M., Ghanem, H., El-Elaimy, I., Abdel-Hamid, M. Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 10(2): 15-23. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2018.25460

Polymorphisms of COMT Val158Met and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development among Egyptian HCV Infected Patients

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology
Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2018, Page 15-23  XML PDF (798.7 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsg.2018.25460
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Authors
Eman Labib1; Hany M. Ibrahim2; Mai El-Daly3; Heba S. Ghanem4; Ibrahim A. El-Elaimy2; Mohamed Abdel-Hamid5
1Clinical Pathology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt.
2Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
3clinical Pathology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt./Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
4clinical Pathology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
5Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
Abstract
Chronic viral hepatitis is the most important risk factor for progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Egypt. Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) plays a central role in DNA repair and estrogen-induced carcinogenesis. Many recent epidemiologic studies have investigated the association between the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and cancer risk.
In the current study, we investigated the association between COMT Val158Met A/G variations and the risk of HCC development among Egyptian HCV infected patients. This study was conducted on two groups; HCC patients group and healthy control group each included 100 subjects. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been studied for COMT using real-time PCR.
Our results suggest that COMT is not associated with HCC risk among HCV infected patients. A significant increase was detected regarding the different COMT SNPs in the aged category more than 50 years compared to younger patients. No significant difference was detected on the level of gender, liver cirrhosis, biochemical and hematological parameters. 
In conclusion, COMT Val158Met polymor­phism could not be considered as a risk factor for HCC risk among hepatitis C virus patients in Egypt.
Keywords
Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatitis C virus; COMT; Egypt
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