Research Article

Genetic Polymorphisms of Interleukin-1 Alpha and the Vitamin D Receptor in Mexican Mestizo Patients with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Table 1

Conditions and products of PCR-RFLP.

GeneSNPsPrimersTm REbpAlleles
(°C) (bp)

IL1A rs18005875′-GCATGCCATCACACCTAGTT-3′56NcoI193C: 174 and 19
5′-TTACATATGAGCCTTCCATG-3′T: 193

VDR rs22285705′-AGCTGGCCCTGGCACTGCTCTGCTCT-3′60FokI265f: 197 and 68
5′-ATGGAAACACCTTGCTTCTTCTCCCTC-3′F: 265
rs7312365′-CAGAGCATGGACAGGGAGCAAG-3′59I 746T: 495 and 251
5′-GCAACTCCTCATGGCTGAGGTCTCA-3′t: 294, 251, and 201

Tm: annealing temperature; RE: restriction enzyme.