Abstract: Objective To investigate the correlations of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) 344-35C/T of growth arrest-specificgene 6 (GAS6) gene and cerebral infarction in Han population in the western Guangdong province. Methods The restriction fragment lengthpolymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to determine the 344-35C/T polymorphism in the intron region of GAS6 gene in the case group (n=180) and healthy control group (n=150). Results There was no significant association between GAS6-344-35C/T and cerebral infarction (P<0.05). After stratified by gender in chi-square test in women population, the frequency of C allele was significantly higher in cases (77.9%)than that in controls (66.4%) (P=0.040); The frequency of the CC genotype was significantly higher in cases (61.8%) than that in controls(43.1%) (P=0.036). Conclusion In Han women in western Guangdong province, C allele of GAS6-344-35C/T polymorphism is a risk factorof cerebral infarction, CC genotype is a susceptible genotype of cerebral infarction.

Key words: cerebral infarction, growth arrest-specific gene 6, single nucleotide polymorphism