Abstract: Objective To investigate the correlation between LCHAD G1528C variation and acute fatty liver
of pregnancy (AFLP) in Chinese patients by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis. Methods
Total of 52 patients with AFLP were discharged in Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University
from February 1996 to February 2015. Among them, 32 cases agreed to participate in this research. At the
same time, normal pregnant women (32 cases) and stable chronic hepatitis B pregnant patients (32 cases)
were enrolled as control groups. Coagulated peripheral blood were extracted in all patients for extraction of
genomic DNA. Genomic DNA was used as template to amplify PCR with target gene primers and G1528C
mutation was detected by sequencing and SNP analysis. Results SNP analysis of G1528C in all patients
showed no G1528C mutations. Conclusion Mitochondrial trifunctional protein alpha-subunit may not be the
mechanism of Chinese AFLP patients and further research is needed.
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