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Title: | Are C-Reactive Protein Associated Genetic Variants Associated with Serum Levels and Retinal Markers of Microvascular Pathology in Asian Populations from Singapore? |
Authors: | Dorajoo, R Li, R Ikram, MK Liu, J Froguel, P Lee, J Sim, X Ong, RT-H Tay, WT Peng, C Young, TL Blakemore, AIF Cheng, CY Aung, T Mitchell, P Wang, JJ Klaver, CC Boerwinkle, E Klein, R Siscovick, DS Jensen, RA Gudnason, V Smith, AV Teo, YY Wong, TY Tai, E-S Heng, C-K Friedlander, Y |
Keywords: | Science & Technology;Multidisciplinary Sciences;Science & Technology - Other Topics;MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES;CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE;GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION;CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE;CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS;ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK;METABOLIC-SYNDROME;VESSEL CALIBER;INFLAMMATION;HEALTH;LOCI |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Citation: | PLOS ONE, 8 (7):(2013) |
Abstract: | Introduction: C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with cardiovascular disease and systemic inflammation. We assessed whether CRP-associated loci were associated with serum CRP and retinal markers of microvascular disease, in Asian populations. Methods: Genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) for serum CRP was performed in East-Asian Chinese (N = 2,434) and Malays (N = 2,542) and South-Asian Indians (N = 2,538) from Singapore. Leveraging on GWAS data, we assessed, in silico, association levels among the Singaporean datasets for 22 recently identified CRP-associated loci. At loci where directional inconsistencies were observed, quantification of inter-ethnic linkage disequilibrium (LD) difference was determined. Next, we assessed association for a variant at CRP and retinal vessel traits [central retinal artery equivalent (CRAE) and central retinal vein equivalent (CRVE)] in a total of 24,132 subjects of East-Asian, South-Asian and European ancestry. Results: Serum CRP was associated with SNPs in/near APOE, CRP, HNF1A and LEPR (p-values #4.761028) after meta-analysis of Singaporean populations. Using a candidate-SNP approach, we further replicated SNPs at 4 additional loci that had been recently identified to be associated with serum CRP (IL6R, GCKR, IL6 and IL1F10) (p-values #0.009), in the Singaporean datasets. SNPs from these 8 loci explained 4.05% of variance in serum CRP. Two SNPs (rs2847281 and rs6901250) were detected to be significant (p-value #0.036) but with opposite effect directions in the Singaporean populations as compared to original European studies. At these loci we did not detect significant inter-population LD differences. We further did not observe a significant association between CRP variant and CRVE or CRAE levels after meta-analysis of all Singaporean and European datasets (p-value .0.058). Conclusions: Common variants associated with serum CRP, first detected in primarily European studies, are also associated with CRP levels in East-Asian and South-Asian populations. We did not find a causal link between CRP and retinal measures of microvascular disease. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14647 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067650 |
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