Research Article

MUTYH Gene Polymorphisms as Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Primers and PCR conditions used in this study to determine MUTYH gene polymorphisms.

GeneSNP rs numberPositionAllelesPrimersPCR product size (bp)PCR conditions
(annealing temperature)
Restriction
enzyme site
DNA
fragment size
(bp)

MUTYH rs32194631:45579019 (promoter region)A/GForward: 5′-TCCCACAAGCCTTTGTAACC-3′ 
Reverse: 5′-CGTATTGGGAGCTCTGGTGT-3′
34760°C SbfIA: 347
G: 161 + 186
rs32194761:45575257 (intron)G/TForward: 5′-GTTGCAGTGAGCCAAGATCA-3′ 
Reverse: 5′-AACCTGCCTTTTGTGAGCTG-3′
31158°C BtsCIG: 58 + 172 + 81
T: 58 + 253
rs32194891:45570092 (exon)G/CForward: 5′-TGTGGTGAGCACCAAACCTA-3′ 
Reverse: 5′-GGCTGTTCCAGAACACAGGT-3′
31962°C HpyCH4IIIG: 193 + 126
C: 319
rs32194931:45568856 (intron)G/CForward: 5′-CTCAAGTGATCCACCCGACT-3′ 
Reverse: 5′-AGTGAAGCCTGGAGTGGAGA-3′
33258°C HpyCH4VG: 332
C: 139 + 193