Abstract

Hypertension is a multifactorial chronic disease due to the interaction of environmental factors with genetic alteration. KLOTHO and ARNTL genes play an important role in the development of hypertension. Therefore, we analyzed the methylation status of KLOTHO and ARNTL genes by using methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting (MSHRM) in a total of 78 hypertensive and 49 control subjects. In this study, we could not identify a significant association between KLOTHO and ARNTL methylation and the hypertensive phenotype. Moreover, we could not find a direct association between KLOTHO and ARNTL methylation and the fasting blood sugar, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, sodium (Na), creatinine (Cr), potassium (K), and urea levels in hypertensive patients. However, we found a significant difference between the methylated KLOTHO hypertensive patients and the unmethylated KLOTHO control subjects for potassium (K).

Details

Title
Determination of the Relationship Between DNA Methylation Status of KLOTHO and ARNTL Genes With Hypertension
Author
Osum, M 1 ; Tosun, O 2 ; Birtan, H 3 ; Kalkan, R 4 

 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Near East University, Mersin 10, Nicosia 99138, Turkey 
 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Mersin 10, Nicosia 99138, Turkey 
 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu State Hospital, Nicosia Cyprus, Turkey 
 Faculty of Medicine, European University of Lefke, Mersin 10, Lefke 99728, Northern Cyprus, Turkey 
Pages
41-50
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
13110160
e-ISSN
21995761
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2955873004
Copyright
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