Association between ADAMTS7 TagSNPs and the risk of myocardialinfarction

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1127) ◽  
pp. 487-492
Author(s):  
Li-li Liang ◽  
Yu-lan Zhou ◽  
Jie Cheng ◽  
Yu-tong Xiao ◽  
Zi-bin Tang ◽  
...  

Purpose of the studyGenome-wide association studies have revealed an association of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, the role of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms on myocardial infarction (MI) risk remains poorly understood. Here, we aim to evaluate the effect of ADAMTS7 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on individual susceptibility to MI.Study designGenotyping of the four tagSNPs (rs1994016, rs3825807, rs4380028 and rs7173743) was performed in 232 MI cases and 661 control subjects using PCR-ligase detection reaction (LDR) method. The association of these four tagSNPs with MI risk was performed with SPSS software.ResultsMultivariate logistic regression analysis showed that ADAMTS7 tagSNP rs3825807 exhibited a significant effect on MI risk. Compared with the TT homozygotes, the CT genotype (OR1.93, 95% CI1.30to 2.85, Pc=0.004) and the combined CC/CT genotypes (OR1.70, 95% CI1.16 to 2.50, Pc=0.028) were statistically significantly associated with the increased risk for MI. Further stratified analysis revealed a more significant association with MI risk among older subjects, hypertensives, non-diabetics and patients with hyperlipidaemia. Consistently, the haplotype rs1994016T–rs3825807C containing rs3825807 C allele exhibited increased MI risk (OR1.52, 95% CI1.10 to 2.10, p=0.010). However, we did not detect any association of the other three tagSNPs with MI risk.ConclusionsOur finding suggest that ADAMTS7 tagSNP rs3825807 contributes to MI susceptibility in the Chinese Han population. Further studies are necessary to confirm the general validity of our findings and to clarify the underlying mechanism for this association.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (suppl) ◽  
pp. 67-67
Author(s):  
Hanyi Zhang ◽  
Shun Lu ◽  
Chang Sun ◽  
Siyao Deng ◽  
Jin Yi Lang

67 Background: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma(NPC) is an Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) associated malignancy with remarkable ethnic and geographical distribution. The EBV oncoprotein latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is the primary oncogene of EBV infection through the its signaling cascade and its connections to other pathways including NF-κB, TGF-β and JNK signaling, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of NPC. In GWASs (Genome-wide association studies) associations these pathways were also identified. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the regulatory regions may regulate the expression of genes in these pathways, or affect the function of the coded protein. Methods: Altogether 149 SNPs were covered by the 15 SNPs in the TRAF2, TRAF3, NFKBIA, MAP2K4, and CHUK genes were genotyped in a hospital-based case-control study of 350 NPC cases and 587 healthy controls from the Chinese Han. The observed genotype frequencies in the controls were tested for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) using the chi-square test. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for associations between genotypes and NPC risk and tumor characteristics were calculated by logistic regression, and they were adjusted for multiple testing using the SNP spectral deposition (SNPSpD) approach for multilocus analyses. Results: We found one NFKBIA SNP was associated with NPC risk after adjustment for multiple comparisons. Minor allele carriers of the NFKBIA had an increased risk of NPC (P 0.05). The analyses were adjusted for age and gender. For a polymorphism with a variant allele frequency between 10 %and 50%, the study had greater than 90% power to detect an OR of 1.50 at a significance level of 0.05 (PS—software for power and sample size calculation, http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/PowerSampleSize). The other genotyped SNPs that we found were not associated with NPC risk. Conclusions: Our data suggests that genetic variation especially in the NFKBIA maybe a useful biomarker for NPC screening and further studies are warranted.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261137
Author(s):  
Paula Benny ◽  
Hyeong Jun Ahn ◽  
Janet Burlingame ◽  
Men-Jean Lee ◽  
Corrie Miller ◽  
...  

Aims Genome-wide association studies have shown an increased risk of type-2-diabetes (T2DM) in patients who carry single nucleotide polymorphisms in several genes. We investigated whether the same gene loci confer a risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women from Hawaii, and in particular, Pacific Islander and Filipino populations. Methods Blood was collected from 291 women with GDM and 734 matched non-diabetic controls (Pacific Islanders: 71 GDM, 197 non-diabetic controls; Filipinos: 162 GDM, 395 controls; Japanese: 58 GDM, 142 controls). Maternal DNA was used to genotype and show allele frequencies of 25 different SNPs mapped to 18 different loci. Results After adjusting for age, BMI, parity and gravidity by multivariable logistic regression, several SNPs showed significant associations with GDM and were ethnicity specific. In particular, SNPs rs1113132 (EXT2), rs1111875 (HHEX), rs2237892 (KCNQ1), rs2237895 (KCNQ1), rs10830963 (MTNR1B) and rs13266634 (SLC30A8) showed significant associations with GDM in Filipinos. For Japanese, SNPs rs4402960 (IGFBP2) and rs2237892 (KCNQ1) were significantly associated with GDM. For Pacific Islanders, SNPs rs10830963 (MTNR1B) and rs13266634 (SLC30A8) showed significant associations with GDM. Individually, none of the SNPs showed a consistent association with GDM across all three investigated ethnicities. Conclusion Several SNPs associated with T2DM are found to confer increased risk for GDM in a multiethnic cohort in Hawaii.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Luthers ◽  
Teresa M. Dunn ◽  
Andrew L. Snow

Orosomucoid like 3 (ORMDL3) encodes an ER-resident transmembrane protein that regulates the activity of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the first and rate-limiting enzyme for sphingolipid biosynthesis in cells. A decade ago, several genome wide association studies revealed single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with increased ORMDL3 protein expression and susceptibility to allergic asthma. Since that time, numerous studies have investigated how altered ORMDL3 expression might predispose to asthma and other autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. In this brief review, we focus on growing evidence suggesting that heightened ORMDL3 expression specifically in CD4+ T lymphocytes, the central orchestrators of adaptive immunity, constitutes a major underlying mechanism of asthma pathogenesis by skewing their differentiation and function. Furthermore, we explore how sphingolipid modulation in T cells might be responsible for these effects, and how further studies may interrogate this intriguing hypothesis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingguo Du ◽  
Xueyan Guo ◽  
Xiyang Zhang ◽  
Wenjing Zhou ◽  
Zhuo Liu ◽  
...  

Purpose Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and fourth leading cause of cancer mortality, and twin studies have shown that approximately 35% of the variation in susceptibility to CRC involves inherited genetic differences. We sought to investigate potential genetic associations between some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the risk of CRC in the Chinese Han population. Methods We conducted a case-control study including 269 cases and 309 controls. Sixteen SNPs associated with CRC risk were selected from previous genome-wide association studies and genotyped using Sequenom MassARRAY technology. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by unconditional logistic regression adjusting for age and gender. Results Using the chi-squared test we found that rs9365723 was associated with CRC risk (p = 0.012). With genetic model analysis, the genotype A/G-G/G (OR = 1.50; 95% CI 1.02-2.21; p = 0.038) of rs9365723 showed an increased risk of CRC in the dominant model. Furthermore, we found that rs9365723 was associated with an increased risk only for colon cancer but not rectal cancer (p = 0.009 and p = 0.414, respectively). Conclusions Our results, combined with previous studies, suggest that rs9365723, located on SYNJ2, is associated with the risk of CRC in a Chinese population. Thus, SYNJ2 may play a role in the development of CRC, especially colon cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Hou ◽  
Xuewen Jia ◽  
Ziwen Deng ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Huitang Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Several genome-wide association studies have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), such as rs4409766, rs1004467, and rs3824755 in CYP17A1 and rs2021783 in CYP21A2, as new hypertension susceptibility genetic variants in the Chinese population. This study aimed to look into the relationship between preeclampsia (PE) and these SNPs in Chinese Han women. Methods Overall, 5021 unrelated pregnant women were recruited, including 2002 patients with PE and 3019 normal healthy controls. The real-time PCR (TaqMan) method was applied to genotype these four polymorphisms. Results A statistically obvious difference in the allelic frequencies was observed in CYP21A2 rs2021783 between cases and controls (χ2 = 7.201, Pc = 0.028 by allele), and the T allele was associated with the occurrence and development of PE (OR = 1.151, 95% CI 1.039–1.275). We also found a significant association between rs2021783 and the development of early-onset PE (Pc = 0.008 by genotype, Pc = 0.004 by allele). For rs1004467 and rs3824755, the distribution of allelic frequencies differed markedly between mild PE and control groups (χ2 = 6.843, Pc = 0.036; χ2 = 6.869, Pc = 0.036), and patients with the TT genotype of rs1004467 were less easy to develop mild PE than were those carrying the CT or CC genotype (χ2 = 7.002, Pc = 0.032, OR = 1.306, 95% CI 1.071–1.593). The GG genotype of rs3824755 appeared to a protective effect on the occurrence of mild PE (OR = 0.766, 95% CI 0.629–0.934). Conclusions CYP21A2 rs2021783 appears to be closely related to PE susceptibility, and CYP17A1 rs1004467 and rs3824755 seem to be closely associated with mild PE in Han women.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kuo Liu ◽  
Bo Xi ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Han Qi ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
...  

Objectives. Genome-wide association studies and candidate gene studies have found many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that affect salt sensitivity (SS). We constructed a polygenic risk score (PRS) to estimate the joint effect of these SNPs on SS. Methods. We recruited 762 Chinese participants into the study. An unweighted PRS was constructed using 42 known genetic risk variants associated with SS or salt sensitivity blood pressure. A modified Sullivan’s acute oral saline load and diuresis shrinkage test was used to detect salt sensitivity. Logistic regression was used to estimate the joint effect of the SNPs on SS both overall and after stratification by hypertension. Results. The mean age of the participants was 57.1 years, and most of them were female (77.4%). The prevalence of SS was 28.7%. Both the continuous PRS and PRS tertiles were significantly associated with the risk of SS and a BP increase of more than 5 mmHg during acute salt loading but were not associated with a BP decrease of more than 10 mmHg during the diuresis shrinkage process. In the normotensive group, participants with PRSs in the middle and top tertiles had a more than twofold increased risk of SS (OR = 2.18, 95% CI: 1.15–4.12, P=0.016, and OR = 2.28, 95% CI: 1.19–4.38, P=0.013, respectively) compared with participants with PRSs in the first tertile. In the normotensive group, participants with PRSs in the middle tertile (OR = 1.94, 95% CI: 1.01–3.71, P=0.046) and top tertile (OR = 2.30, 95% CI: 1.19–4.44, P=0.013) had an increased risk of a greater than 5 mmHg increase in BP during acute salt loading than those with PRSs in the first tertile. In the hypertension group, neither the continuous PRS nor PRS tertile was significantly associated with the risk of SS. Conclusion. The 42 investigated SNPs were jointly and significantly associated with SS, especially in the normotensive Chinese population. These findings may provide genetic evidence for identifying target populations that would benefit from salt restriction policies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 107327481880394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhua Wang ◽  
Tianyou Luo

Cervical cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide. Few single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with risk of cervical cancer have been identified, yet genetic predisposition contributes significantly to this malignancy. Long noncoding RNA LINC00673 has been widely explored for its role in the development and prognosis of many tumors, and 2 genome-wide association studies identified that LINC00673 rs11655237 was associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. In the current study, using a case–control study design, we found rs11655237 significantly increased susceptibility of cervical cancer in a Chinese population (odds ratio = 1.27; 95% confidence interval = 1.08-1.50; P = .005). Expression of LINC00673 was significantly higher in adjacent normal tissues than in paired cancer tissues ( P < .01) and significantly lower in the cancer or paired adjacent normal tissues of patients with cervical cancer having rs11655237 allele A than in those having rs11655237 allele G ( P < .001). Our results indicate that LINC00673 rs11655237 is associated with increased risk of cervical cancer, possibly by downregulating LINC00673 expression in cervical tissues.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6053-6053
Author(s):  
Hanyi Zhang ◽  
Shun Lu ◽  
Jinyi Lang

6053 Background: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma(NPC) is an Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) associated malignancy with remarkable ethnic and geographical distribution. The EBV oncoprotein latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is the primary oncogene of EBV infection through the its signaling cascade and its connections to other pathways including NF-κB, TGF-β and JNK signaling, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of NPC. In GWASs(Genome-wide association studies) associations these pathways were also identified. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the regulatory regions may regulate the expression of genes in these pathways, or affect the function of the coded protein. Methods: Altogether 149 SNPs were covered by the 15 SNPs in the TRAF2, TRAF3, NFKBIA, MAP2K4, and CHUK genes were genotyped in a hospital-based case-control study of 350 NPC cases and 587 healthy controls from the Chinese Han. The observed genotype frequencies in the controls were tested for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) using the chi-square test. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for associations between genotypes and NPC risk and tumor characteristics were calculated by logistic regression, and they were adjusted for multiple testing using the SNP spectral deposition (SNPSpD) approach for multilocus analyses. Results: We found one NFKBIA SNP was associated with NPC risk after adjustment for multiple comparisons. Minor allele carriers of the NFKBIA had an increased risk of NPC (P < 0.05). The analyses were adjusted for age and gender. For a polymorphism with a variant allele frequency between 10 %and 50%, the study had greater than 90% power to detect an OR of 1.50 at a significance level of 0.05 (PS—software for power and sample size calculation, http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/PowerSampleSize). The other genotyped SNPs were not associated with NPC risk. Conclusions: Our data suggests that genetic variation especially in the NFKBIA maybe a useful biomarker for NPC screening and further studies are warranted.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán D. Carrasquilla ◽  
Malene Revsbech Christiansen ◽  
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen

Abstract Purpose of Review Hypertriglyceridemia is a common dyslipidemia associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and pancreatitis. Severe hypertriglyceridemia may sometimes be a monogenic condition. However, in the vast majority of patients, hypertriglyceridemia is due to the cumulative effect of multiple genetic risk variants along with lifestyle factors, medications, and disease conditions that elevate triglyceride levels. In this review, we will summarize recent progress in the understanding of the genetic basis of hypertriglyceridemia. Recent Findings More than 300 genetic loci have been identified for association with triglyceride levels in large genome-wide association studies. Studies combining the loci into polygenic scores have demonstrated that some hypertriglyceridemia phenotypes previously attributed to monogenic inheritance have a polygenic basis. The new genetic discoveries have opened avenues for the development of more effective triglyceride-lowering treatments and raised interest towards genetic screening and tailored treatments against hypertriglyceridemia. Summary The discovery of multiple genetic loci associated with elevated triglyceride levels has led to improved understanding of the genetic basis of hypertriglyceridemia and opened new translational opportunities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Courtney M. Vecera ◽  
Gabriel R. Fries ◽  
Lokesh R. Shahani ◽  
Jair C. Soares ◽  
Rodrigo Machado-Vieira

Despite being the most widely studied mood stabilizer, researchers have not confirmed a mechanism for lithium’s therapeutic efficacy in Bipolar Disorder (BD). Pharmacogenomic applications may be clinically useful in the future for identifying lithium-responsive patients and facilitating personalized treatment. Six genome-wide association studies (GWAS) reviewed here present evidence of genetic variations related to lithium responsivity and side effect expression. Variants were found on genes regulating the glutamate system, including GAD-like gene 1 (GADL1) and GRIA2 gene, a mutually-regulated target of lithium. In addition, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) discovered on SESTD1 may account for lithium’s exceptional ability to permeate cell membranes and mediate autoimmune and renal effects. Studies also corroborated the importance of epigenetics and stress regulation on lithium response, finding variants on long, non-coding RNA genes and associations between response and genetic loading for psychiatric comorbidities. Overall, the precision medicine model of stratifying patients based on phenotype seems to derive genotypic support of a separate clinical subtype of lithium-responsive BD. Results have yet to be expounded upon and should therefore be interpreted with caution.


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