scholarly journals Association studies of candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms with Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis in a Chinese Han population

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Yu ◽  
Xiaoqing Zhou ◽  
Sian Zeng ◽  
Xianjing Feng ◽  
Zhibin Li ◽  
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Abstract Background: Genetic factors underlying predisposition to Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis (sICAS) remain unknown, the purpose of the present study was to identify genetic variants that confer susceptibility to sICAS in a Chinese Han population. Methods: The study population comprised of 379 Chinese individuals, including 193 patients with sICAS and 186 unrelated healthy controls. A total of 96 polymorphisms selected by genome-wide association or candidate-gene association studies of atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic diseases were examined in the present study with the use of Illumina VeraCode technology. Statistical analyses were performed with PLINK and SPSS software, and each genotype was assessed according to dominant, recessive, and additive genetic models. Results: Comparisons between subjects with sICAS and controls revealed that rs3798220 of the lipoprotein(a) gene (LPA) and rs9818870 of the muscle RAS oncogene homolog gene (MRAS) were significantly (P<0.0005, Bonferroni correction) associated with the prevalence of sICAS. Comparisons of genotypes in three genetic models (dominant, recessive and additive models) between groups showed that rs3798220 (LPA) was associated with sICAS in the dominant model (P=0.000005, OR=2.629, 95% CI=1.735-3.985) and additive model (P=0.000005, OR=2.293, 95% CI=1.605-3.276),while rs9818870 (MRAS) was associated with sICAS in the additive model (P=0.000464, OR=3.245, 95% CI=1.679-6.272). Furthermore, logistic regression analysis showed that the genotype distribution of rs3798220 (LPA) was significantly associated with sICAS, with its minor C allele elevating sICAS risk (P=0.00002, dominant model, OR=3.951, 95% CI=2.100-7.434 and P=0.000053, additive model, OR=2.916, 95% CI=1.736-4.899). While rs9818870 (MRAS) showed no such significance (P>0.0005). Conclusion: LPA rs3798220 might be susceptibility loci for sICAS in Chinese Han individuals. Keywords: Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis; risk factors; candidate gene; SNP.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hailing Zhao ◽  
Haojun Zhang ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Tingting Zhao ◽  
Meihua Yan ◽  
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the most common complications of diabetes and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Here, we investigated the association of PNPLA2 gene variations with DKD susceptibility in a Chinese Han population. A total of 818 participants with type 2 diabetes were recruited in the case-control study, including 379 patients diagnosed with DKD. We observed that 2 tagSNPs, PNPLA2 rs28633403 (A>G) and rs1138714 (A>G), were associated with DKD (rs28633403: genotype, P=0.017; allele, P=0.015; rs1138714: genotype, P=0.029; allele, P=0.018). PNPLA2 rs1138693 (T>C), a missense SNP, showed no association with DKD (genotype, P=0.966; allele, P=0.845). Genetic model analysis revealed that minor allele G of PNPLA2 rs28633403 was a protective factor of DKD in a dominant model adjusted by confounders (AG+GG vs. AA: adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 0.619; 95% CI 0.447-0.857; P=0.004) and in an additive model (AG vs. AA: aOR, 0.633; 95% CI 0.447-0.895; P=0.010; GG vs. AA: aOR, 0.588; 95% CI 0.385-0.897; P=0.014). Minor allele G of PNPLA2 rs1138714 was associated with a higher risk of DKD in a dominant model adjusted by confounders (AG+GG vs. AA: adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 1.531; 95% CI 1.134-2.067; P=0.005) and in an additive model (AG vs. AA: aOR, 1.529; 95% CI 1.118-2.091; P=0.008). The combined effect of PNPLA2 rs28633403 AA+rs1138714 AG or GG genotype showed an association with DKD, adjusted by confounders (aOR, 2.194; 95% CI 1.378-3.492; P=0.001), which was considered statistically significant with a markedly increased risk of DKD after a Holm-Bonferroni correction for multiple tests (P<0.00125). Our results suggest that PNPLA2 rs28633403 and rs1138714 are significantly associated with the risk of DKD in a Chinese Han population with type 2 diabetes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 810-822
Author(s):  
Gang Jin ◽  
Yan Liang ◽  
Xiaohui Yan ◽  
Linping Zhang ◽  
Zhenjiang Li ◽  
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Background/Aims: The association between ACYP2(Acylphosphatase 2) polymorphisms and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) risk in the Chinese Han population remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the association between ACYP2 polymorphisms and IgAN risk by performing a case-control study. Methods: Eleven ACYP2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 416 IgAN patients and 495 healthy controls were genotyped using the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to evaluate the association of ACYP2 polymorphisms with IgAN risk. Results: We observed that rs843720 was significantly associated with an increased risk of IgAN (allele G: OR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.01–1.49, p = 0.036; dominant model: OR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.01–2.37, p =0.044; log-additive model: OR = 1.43, 95% CI: 1.04–1.95, p = 0.026) before Bonferroni correction. The SNP rs12615793 was also significantly associated with an increased IgAN risk in the recessive model (OR = 3.33, 95% CI: 1.05–10.51, p = 0.042) before Bonferroni correction. Conclusion: These findings suggested that polymorphisms (rs843720 and rs12615793) of ACYP2 may be pivotal in the development of IgAN. However, more functional and association studies with larger sample sizes should be performed to further validate our results in the future.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Hong Li ◽  
Shasha Yu ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Zhaoqing Sun ◽  
Xinghu Zhou ◽  
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Introduction.Ischemic stroke is a complex disorder resulting from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Previous studies showed that kalirin gene variations were associated with cardiovascular disease. However, the association between this gene and ischemic stroke was unknown. We performed this study to confirm if kalirin gene variation was associated with ischemic stroke.Methods.We enrolled 385 ischemic stroke patients and 362 controls from China. Three SNPs of kalirin gene were genotyped by means of ligase detection reaction-PCR method. Data was processed with SPSS and SHEsis platform.Results.SNP rs7620580 (dominant model: OR = 1.590,p= 0.002 and adjusted OR = 1.662,p= 0.014; additive model: OR = 1.490,p= 0.002 and adjusted OR = 1.636,p= 0.005; recessive model: OR = 2.686,p= 0.039) and SNP rs1708303 (dominant model: OR = 1.523,p= 0.007 and adjusted OR = 1.604,p= 0.028; additive model: OR = 1.438,p= 0.01 and adjusted OR = 1.476,p= 0.039) were associated with ischemic stroke. The GG genotype and G allele of SNP rs7620580 were associated with a risk for ischemic stroke with an adjusted OR of 3.195 and an OR of 1.446, respectively. Haplotype analysis revealed that A–T–G,G-T-A, and A-T-A haplotypes were associated with ischemic stroke.Conclusions.Our results provide evidence that kalirin gene variations were associated with ischemic stroke in the Chinese Han population.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miao-miao Zhang ◽  
Guo Chen ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Shou quan Wu ◽  
Andrew J Sandford ◽  
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Abstract Background: As a main line of defense of the respiratory tract, the airway epithelium plays an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. CDHR3 and EMSY were reported to be expressed in the human airway epithelium. Although previous genome-wide association studies found that the two genes were associated with asthma susceptibility, similar observations have not been made in the Chinese Han population. Methods: A total of 300 asthma patients and 418 healthy controls unrelated Chinese Han individuals were enrolled. Tag-single nucleotide polymorphisms (Tag-SNPs) were genotyped and the associations between SNPs and asthma risk were analyzed by binary logistic regression analysis. Results: After adjusting for confounding factors, the A allele of rs3847076 in CDHR3 was associated with increased susceptibility to asthma (OR = 1.407, 95% CI: 1.030-1.923). For the EMSY gene, the T alleles of both rs2508746 and rs12278256 were related with decreased susceptibility to asthma (additive model: OR = 0.718, 95% CI: 0.536-0.961; OR = 0.558, 95% CI: 0.332-0.937, respectively). In addition, the GG genotype of rs1892953 showed an association with increased asthma risk under the recessive model (OR = 1.667, 95% CI: 1.104-2.518) and the GATCTGAGT haplotype in EMSY was associated with reduced asthma risk ( P = 0.037). Conclusions: This study identified novel associations of rs3847076 in CDHR3 , as well as rs1892953, rs2508746 and rs12278256 in EMSY with adult asthma susceptibility in the Chinese Han population. Our observations suggest that CDHR3 and EMSY may play important roles in the pathogenesis of asthma in Chinese individuals. Further study with larger sample size is needed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Bai ◽  
Ke Xiao

Abstract Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is a complex multifactorial disease. Previous studies have revealed genetic variations associated with the risk of gastric cancer. The purpose of the present study was to determine the correlation between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ZBTB20 and the risk of gastric cancer in Chinese Han population. Methods: We conducted a ‘case–control’ study involving 509 GC patients and 507 healthy individuals. We selected four SNPs of ZBTB20 (10934270 T/C, rs9288999 G/A, rs9841504 G/C and rs73230612 C/T), and used logistic regression to analyze the relationship between those SNPs and GC risk under different genetic models; multi-factor dimensionality reduction (MDR) was used to analyze the interaction of “SNP–SNP” in gastric cancer risk; ANOVA and univariate analysis were used to analyze the differences in clinical characteristics among different genotypes. Results: Our results showed that ZBTB20 rs9288999 is a protective factor for the risk of gastric cancer in multiple genetic models, of which the homozygous model is the most significant (OR = 0.48, P=0.0003); we also found that rs9288999 showed a significant correlation with reducing the risk of gastric cancer in different subgroups (BMI; age; gender; smoking or drinking status; adenocarcinoma); rs9841504 is associated with increased GC risk in the participants with BMI&gt;24 kg/m2; rs9841504 and rs73230612 are certainly associated with clinical characteristics of platelet and carbohydrate antigen 242, respectively. Conclusion: Our results suggest that ZBTB20 rs9288999 may be important for reducing the risk of GC in the Chinese Han population.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Hui Sun ◽  
Xiao-Yan Jiang ◽  
Ze-Kun Chen ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Zhi-Jun Bao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background To explore the associations of several genetic variants identified in the genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of European ancestry with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in Chinese Han population. Methods Data of 1788 community-dwelling elders from the baseline survey of the ageing arm of the Rugao Longevity and Ageing Study was used. Plasma creatinine based GFR was estimated using the eGFR-EPI equations. Results Of the 10 selected polymorphisms identified in GWAS of the European ancestry, rs17319721 located in the first intron of the SHROOM3, was associated with GFR. A allele was associated with both decreased GFR level and greater odds of GFR decrease (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.01-1.23, p=0.029) defined by GFR<90 mL/min/1.73 m2 after adjusting for multiple confounds of CKD. In addition, compared with rs17319721-GG genotype, AA was associated with both higher depressive score and greater risk of depression prevalence, showing a pleiotropic effects of rs17319721. However, we did not found significant association of GFR levels with another 42 common polymorphisms that was previously reported to be associated with the traditional risk factors of kidney diseases. Conclusions SHROOM3-rs17319721 was associated with GFR levels, kidney impairment, and depressive symptoms in a Chinese population.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Kai Tsai ◽  
Hui-Min David Wang ◽  
Jeng-Chuan Shiang ◽  
I-Hung Chen ◽  
Chih-Chiang Wang ◽  
...  

Diabetes is a serious global health problem. Large-scale genome-wide association studies identified loci for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), including adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene and transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2), but few studies clarified the effect of genetic polymorphisms ofADIPOQandTCF7L2on risk of T2DM. We attempted to elucidate association between T2DM and polymorphic variations of both in Taiwan’s Chinese Han population, with our retrospective case-control study genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) inADIPOQandTCF7L2genes both in 149 T2DM patients and in 139 healthy controls from Taiwan. Statistical analysis gauged association of these polymorphisms with risk of T2DM to showADIPOQrs1501299 polymorphism variations strongly correlated with T2DM risk(P=0.042), with rs2241766 polymorphism being not associated with T2DM(P=0.967). However, both polymorphisms rs7903146 and rs12255372 ofTCF7L2were rarely detected in Taiwanese people. This study avers thatADIPOQrs1501299 polymorphism contributes to risk of T2DM in the Taiwanese population.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Cheng ◽  
Bo Liang ◽  
Xian-Fa Tang ◽  
Xin-Ying Cai ◽  
Hui Cheng ◽  
...  

Forty-nine susceptible loci have been reported to be significantly associated with vitiligo by genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in European-derived whites. To date, some of these reported susceptibility loci have not yet been validated in the Chinese Han population. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the 16 reported susceptible loci in European-derived whites were associated with vitiligo in the Chinese Han population. Imputation was performed using our previous GWAS dataset by IMPUTE v2.2.2. The 16 imputed top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with suggestive signals, together with the reported SNPs, were genotyped in a total of 2581 patients and 2579 controls by the Sequenom MassARRAY system. PLINK 2.0 software was used to perform association analysis. The dbSNP database, HaploReg, and eQTL data were adopted to annotate the biological function of the SNPs. Finally, four SNPs from three loci were significantly associated with vitiligo, including rs3747517 (P = 1.29 × 10–3, OR = 0.87) in 2q24.2, rs4807000 (P = 7.78 × 10–24, OR = 0.66) and rs6510827 (P = 3.65 × 10–5, OR = 1.19) in 19p13.3, and rs4822024 (P = 6.37 × 10–10, OR = 0.67) in 22q13.2. According to the dbSNP database, rs3747517 is a missense variant of IFIH1, rs4807000 and rs6510827 are located in TICAM1, and rs4822024 is located 6 kb upstream of TEF. Further bioinformatics analysis by HaploReg and eQTL found that rs4807000, rs6510827, and rs4822024 are involved in regulating gene expression. Our study revealed the strong association of 2q24.2 (rs3747517), 19p13.3 (rs4807000, rs6510827), and 22q13.2 (rs4822024) with the risk of vitiligo in the Chinese Han population, which implicates common factors for vitiligo across different ethnicities, and helps expand the understanding of the genetic basis of this disease.


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