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cord-271114-hv3gwvdi	Allam, Gamal	Neonatal infections in Saudi Arabia: Association with cytokine gene polymorphisms	2015-04-22		.txt	text/plain	5564	313	52	The objective of this study was to investigate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the interleukin (IL)-1β –31 T/C, IL-6 –174 G/C, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) –308 G/A, and interferon γ (IFN-γ) +874 A/T genes for their possible association with susceptibility to early onset sepsis (EOS) in Saudi newborn infants. Our results show that the circulating IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ were significantly (p < 0.001) elevated in EOS patients compared to suspected and sepsis-free control groups; and IL-1β –31C, IL-6 –174G, TNF-α –308G, and IFN-γ +874A alleles were associated with EOS in Saudi infants. Therefore, the primary aim of the current study was to investigate SNPs in the IL-1β -31 T/C (rs1143643), IL-6 -174 G/C (rs1800795), TNF-α -308 G/A (rs1800629), and IFN-γ +874 A/T (rs2430561) genes for their possible association with susceptibility to EOS in Saudi newborn infants. Newborns with sepsis had significantly higher serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ) compared to both suspected and sepsis-free control groups (overall p value < 0.001, Table 1 ).	./cache/cord-271114-hv3gwvdi.txt	./txt/cord-271114-hv3gwvdi.txt