scholarly journals Estimating Genetic Inheritance in Case-control Studies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Li ◽  
Jiayan Zhu ◽  
Zhengbang Li

AbstractCase-control genetic association study is an efficient tool to search for the deleterious genetic variants predispose to human complex diseases, where the additive mode of inheritance is commonly assumed. However, how the genetic variants influence the occurrence of a certain disease is impossible to know beforehand. We show numerically that the existing procedures using the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test to choose the genetic model might be inconsistent. We propose a new method to choose the genetic model by adopting co-dominant code for risk allele and logistic regression model. Extensive computer simulation results demonstrate superiorities of the new method. Applications to six single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) for breast cancer and eight SNPs for Type 2 Diabetes further show good performances of proposed method. In order to specify a genetic model for an allele, our method has some merits and is consistent as sample size is large. We propose to apply our method in related fields.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petros C. Dinas ◽  
Eleni Nintou ◽  
Maria Vliora ◽  
Anna E. Pravednikova ◽  
Paraskevi Sakellariou ◽  
...  

The contribution of UCP1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to susceptibility for cardiometabolic pathologies (CMP) and their involvement in specific risk factors for these conditions varies across populations. We tested whether UCP1 SNPs A-3826G, A-1766G, Ala64Thr and A-112C are associated with the most common CMP (cardiovascular disease, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and type-2 diabetes) and CMP risk factors. This case-control study included blood sample collection from 2,283 Caucasians (1,139 healthy; 1,144 CMP) across Armenia, Greece, Poland, Russia and United Kingdom for genotyping of the above-mentioned SNPs. We extended the results via a systematic review and meta-analysis, covering PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases. In Armenia the GA genotype and A allele of Ala64Thr were associated with ~2-fold higher risk for CMP compared to the GG genotype or G allele, respectively (p<0.05). In Greece, A allele of Ala64Thr SNP decreased the risk of CMP by 39%. Healthy individuals with A-3826G GG genotype and carriers of mutant allele of A-112C and Ala64Thr had higher body mass index compared to those carrying other genotypes. In healthy Polish, higher waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) was observed in heterozygotes A-3826G compared to AA homozygotes. Heterozygosity of the A-112C and Ala64Thr SNPs was related to lower WHR in CMP individuals compared to wild type homozygotes (p<0.05). Meta-analysis in case-control studies showed no statistically significant odds ratios in different alleles across the four studied SNPs (p>0.05). Thus, we conclude that the studied SNPs could be associated with the most common CMP and their risk factors in some populations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wen ◽  
Zhi Lv ◽  
Hanxi Ding ◽  
Xinxin Fang ◽  
Mingjun Sun

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in miRNA biosynthesis genes DROSHA and DGCR8 were indicated to be correlated with cancer risk. We comprehensively reviewed and analyzed the effect of DROSHA and DGCR8 polymorphisms on cancer risk. Eligible articles were selected according to a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Consequently, ten case–control studies (from nine citations) with 4265 cancer cases and 4349 controls were involved in a meta-analysis of seven most prevalent SNPs (rs10719 T/C, rs6877842 G/C, rs2291109 A/T, rs642321 C/T, rs3757 G/A, rs417309 G/A, rs1640299 T/G). Our findings demonstrated that the rs417309 SNP in DGCR8 was significantly associated with an elevated risk of overall cancer in every genetic model. In stratified analysis, correlations of DROSHA rs10719 and rs6877842 SNPs were observed in Asian and laryngeal cancer subgroups, respectively. Moreover, associations of the rs417309 SNP could also be found in numerous subgroups including: Asian and Caucasian population subgroups; laryngeal and breast cancer subgroups; population-based (PB) and hospital-based (HB) subgroups. In conclusion, the DROSHA rs10719, rs6877842 SNPs, and DGCR8 rs417309 SNP play pivotal roles in cancerogenesis and may be potential biomarkers for cancer-forewarning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16100-e16100
Author(s):  
Jing Lin ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Bin Lan ◽  
Zeng-qing Guo ◽  
Wei-feng Tang ◽  
...  

e16100 Background: Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths, with poor prognosis. Some studies have reported that obesity and overweight are risk factor for the development of CRC. Leptin ( LEP) and its receptor ( LEPR) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) might regulate energy balance and be implicated in the development of CRC. The aim of this case-control study was to assess the association of LEP rs2167270 G > A, rs7799039 A > G, LEPR rs6588147 G > A, rs1137100 G > A and rs1137101 G > A SNPs with susceptibility to CRC in Eastern Chinese Han population. Methods: 1,003 CRC cases and 1,303 matched controls was compared. Five functional SNPs in LEP and LEPR genes were chosen to evaluate the correlation of these chosen SNPs with CRC susceptibility. We used the SNPscan genotyping assay to genotype LEP and LEPR SNPs. Results: A significantly decreased risk of CRC was found to be associated with the LEPR rs6588147 polymorphism (GA vs. GG: crude P= 0.007 and GA/AA vs. GG: crude P= 0.018). With adjustments for risk factors (e.g. age, gender, drinking, BMI and smoking), these associations were not changed. In subgroup analyses, the association of LEP rs2167270 with a decreased risk of CRC was found in the ≥61 years old subgroup. For LEPR rs1137100, the association of this SNP with an increased susceptibility of CRC was found in the BMI < 24 kg/m2 subgroup. In subgroup analyses for LEPR rs6588147, we identified that this locus also decreased the susceptibility of CRC in the male subgroup, < 61 years old subgroup, never smoking subgroup and never drinking subgroup. For LEPR rs1137101, the relationship of this polymorphism with a decreased susceptibility to CRC was found in the never drinking subgroup. Conclusions: The present study highlights that LEPR rs6588147, rs1137101 and LEP rs2167270 may decrease the risk of CRC. However, LEPR rs1137100 is associated with susceptibility to CRC. Further case-control studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to validate our findings.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhu ◽  
Ming Qiao

Abstract Background: Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) genes single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been connected with the susceptibility of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but with inconsistent results across the current evidences. The present work was schemed to explore the association between GSTs genes polymorphisms and the NAFLD vulnerability via meta-analysis.Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang were retrieved for eligible literatures previous to March 10, 2021. The odds ratio (OR) of the dichotomic variables and the standardized mean difference of quantitative variables with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) were computed to evaluate the strength of the associations. The quality of included studies were assessed via using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).Results: In total, 7 case-control studies encompassing 804 NAFLD patients and 1362 disease-free controls in this meta-analysis. Ultimately, this analysis included six, five and five studies for GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 polymorphisms respectively. The pooled data revealed that the GSTs genes single-nucleotide polymorphisms had conspicuous associations with NAFLD susceptibility: for GSTM1, null vs. present, OR=1.46, 95%CI 1.20-1.79, P=0.0002; for GSTT1, null vs. present, OR=1.34, 95%CI 1.06-1.68, P=0.01; for GSTP1, Ile/Val or Val/Val vs. Ile/Ile, OR=1.60, 95%CI 1.23-2.09, P=0.0005.Conclusion: This work revealed that the GSTM1 null, GSTT1 null and GSTP1-Val genotypes might be related to increased NAFLD susceptibility.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wang ◽  
Shanshan Yang ◽  
Qiuyue Guan ◽  
Jinglu Chen ◽  
Xueping Zhang ◽  
...  

Nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y) consists of three evolutionary conserved subunits including NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC; it is a critical transcriptional regulator of lipid and glucose metabolism and adipokine biosynthesis that are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) occurrence, while the impacts of genetic variants in the NF-Y gene on the risk of T2DM remain to be investigated. In the present study, we screened five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the SNaPshot method in 427 patients with T2DM and 408 healthy individuals. Subsequently, we analyzed the relationships between genotypes and haplotypes constructed from these SNPs with T2DM under diverse genetic models. Furthermore, we investigated the allele effects on the quantitative metabolic traits. Of the five tagSNPs, we found that three SNPs (rs2268188, rs6918969, and rs28869187) exhibited nominal significant differences in allelic or genotypic frequency between patients with T2DM and healthy individuals. The minor alleles G, C, and C at rs2268188, rs6918969, and rs28869187, respectively, conferred a higher T2DM risk under a dominant genetic model, and the carriers of these risk alleles (either homozygotes of the minor allele or heterozygotes) had statistically higher levels of fasting plasma glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Haplotype analysis showed that SNPs rs2268188, rs6918969, rs28869187, and rs35105472 formed a haplotype block, and haplotype TTAC was protective against T2DM (OR=0.76, 95% CI=0.33-0.82, P=0.004), while haplotype GCCG was associated with an elevated susceptibility to T2DM (OR=2.33, 95% CI=1.43-3.57, P=0.001). This study is the first ever observation to our knowledge that indicates the genetic variants of NF-YA might influence a Chinese Han individual’s occurrence of T2DM.


2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 030006052094134
Author(s):  
Ruicheng Yan ◽  
Jianfei Luo ◽  
Xiaobo He ◽  
Shijun Li

Objective To investigate the association between three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) gene family and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Chinese Han population. Methods A total of 1086 type 2 diabetes patients and 1122 healthy controls were included in this retrospective study. Three genetic variants, rs1800977 and rs4149313 in ABCA1, and rs1128503 in ABCB1 were included in the study. Susceptibility to type 2 diabetes was evaluated under three genetic models. Results A significant association between rs1800977 and type 2 diabetes was identified in three different genetic models (TT vs CC, odds ratio [OR] = 0.611 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.469–0.798]; T vs C, OR = 0.841 [95% CI, 0.745–0.950]; and the recessive model, OR = 0.606 [95% CI, 0.474–0.774]). Additionally, a significant association between rs4149313 and type 2 diabetes was identified in three different genetic models (AA vs GG, OR = 0.467 [95% CI, 0.326–0.670]; A vs G, OR = 0.819 [95% CI, 0.717–0.935]; and the recessive model, OR = 0.478 [95% CI, 0.336–0.680]). Conclusion We found that SNPs rs1800977 and rs4149313 in ABCA1 are significantly associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population, although this should be confirmed in a larger study.


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