Research Article

T-Cell Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms and Vitamin D Pathway Gene Polymorphisms in End-Stage Renal Disease due to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Nephropathy: Comparisons with Health Status and Other Main Causes of End-Stage Renal Disease

Table 1

HRM and RFLP conditions for the identification of polymorphisms genotyped in the vitamin D pathway related genes.

Gene symbolrs numberAllelesPrimers for PCR amplification (5′-3′)Annealing temp. (°C)PCR product length (bp)HRMa analysisRFLPb analysis
Melting temp. range (°C)Restriction enzymeRestriction fragment length (bp)

GC rs7041G/TF: GGAGGTGAGTTTATGGAACAGC66.3493HaeIIIT = 493
R: GGCATTAAGCTGGTATGAGGTCG = 414 + 79
rs1155563C/TF: GGTTATTCTAAGACTGTGCTCTTGC63.011671–78
R: ATGTGTTCTCACTGTTCGACTCC
rs2298849C/TF: TCCACTGGCAAAACACATTAC60.611873–83
R: GGGACATCTGCATTTATCCTG

RXRA rs10881578A/GF: TCTTGAGCAATGCCAGCAG60.67580–90
R: CCACAGCTCACACATCCAATC
rs10776909C/TF: CAGCCTGTGGCCTGCTCA60.69582–92
R: AACCTCCGGCCCTTGGAG
rs749759A/GF: ATAGGGCTTGCCTGCCTAGA62.6382BstXIA = 382
R: CTCCACCATAGCCCAAGTGAG = 243 + 139

VDR rs1544410A/GF: GGAGACACAGATAAGGAAATAC60.6248FspIA (B) = 248
R: CCGCAAGAAACCTCAAATAACAG (b) = 175 + 73
rs2228570C/TF: GCACTGACTCTGGCTCTGAC72.5341FokIC (F) = 341
R: ACCCTCCTGCTCCTGTGGCTT (f) = 282 + 59

HRM analysis: high resolution melt analysis.
bRFLP analysis: restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.