Associations of polymorphisms in TXNIP and gene–environment interactions with the risk of coronary artery disease in a Chinese Han population |
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Authors: | Shuai Zhang Ning‐hua Cui Ze‐jin Liu Zhu‐liang Huang Cong Li Fang Zheng |
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Institution: | 1. Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China;2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;3. Center of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China;4. Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat‐sen University, Guangzhou, China |
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Abstract: | Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in thioredoxin‐interacting protein (TXNIP) gene may modulate TXNIP expression, then increase the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). In a two‐stage case–control study with a total of 1818 CAD patients and 1963 controls, we genotyped three SNPs in TXNIP and found that the variant genotypes of SNPs rs7212 odds ratio (OR) = 1.26, P = 0.001] and rs7211 (OR = 1.23, P = 0.005) were significantly associated with increased CAD risk under a dominant model. In haplotype analyses, compared with the reference haplotype, haplotype ‘G‐T’ had a 1.22‐fold increased risk of CAD (P = 0.003). We also observed the cumulative effects of SNPs rs7212 and rs7211 on CAD risk and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. Moreover, the gene–environment interactions among the variant genotypes of SNP rs7212, smoking habit, alcohol drinking habit and history of type 2 diabetes were associated with a 3.70‐fold increased risk of CAD (P < 0.001). Subsequent genotype‐phenotype correlation analyses further observed the significant effects of SNP rs7212 on TXNIP mRNA expression, plasma TXNIP and malondialdehyde levels. Taken together, our data suggest that TXNIP SNPs may individually and cumulatively affect CAD risk through a possible mechanism for regulating TXNIP expression and gene–environment interactions. |
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Keywords: | TXNIP SNPs TXNIP expression CAD risk severity of coronary atherosclerosis gene– environment interactions |
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