Patients and methods
172 consecutive hospital-treated patients with serologically confirmed acute PUUV infection were included. Platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIIa T > C (rs5918), GP Ia T > C (rs1126643), GP Ib C > T (rs6065), GP VI T > C (rs1613662), VWF A > G (rs1063856) and PAI-1 A > G (rs2227631) were genotyped. The associations of the rarer alleles with variables reflecting the severity of the disease were analyzed.
PAI-1 G-carriers had higher maximum creatinine level compared with the non-carriers (median 213 渭mol/l, range 60-1499 渭mol/l vs. median 122 渭mol/l, range 51-1156 渭mol/l, p = 0.01). The GG-genotypes had higher creatinine levels than GA- and AA-genotypes (medians 249 渭mol/l, 204 渭mol/l and 122 渭mol/l, respectively, p = 0.03). Polymorphisms of GP VI and VWF associated with lower creatinine levels during PUUV infection. The minor C-allele of GP Ia associated with lower platelet counts (median 44 脳 109/l, range 20-90 脳 109/l vs median 64 脳 109/l, range 3-238 脳 109/l; p = 0.02).
Polymorphism of PAI-1, a major regulator of fibrinolysis, has an adverse impact on the outcome of kidney function in PUUV-HFRS. Platelet collagen receptor GP Ia polymorphism associates with lower platelet count.