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  • Title: Analysis of the HFE gene (C282Y, H63D and S65C) mutations in a general Chinese Han population.
    Author: Lin A, Yan WH, Xu HH, Zhu M, Zhou MY.
    Journal: Tissue Antigens; 2007 Sep; 70(3):252-5. PubMed ID: 17661915.
    Abstract:
    Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic disorders of iron metabolism in white populations, which leads to inappropriately high iron absorption. C282Y, H63D, and S65C are three major missense mutations of the hemochromatosis gene (HFE). In the present study, C282Y, H63D, and S65C mutations in 395 normal Chinese Han populations from Zhejiang province were investigated. No C282Y, S65C mutations, and H63D homozygote was observed, while the genotype frequency of H63D heterozygote was 4.6% and the allelic frequency 2.3% in this population. This was the first report to analyze the prevalence of C282Y, H63D, and S65C mutations in the HFE gene in a Chinese Han population. Low incidence of the HFE gene mutations could be a reason for the rarity of HH in the Chinese Han population studied.
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