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Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in ADRB2, GNB3 and GSTP1 genes and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in the Chinese Han population

Yongjun He, Lijun Liu, Pengcheng Xu, Na He, Dongya Yuan, Longli Kang and Tianbo Jin _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:18206-18212. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.15309

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Abstract

Yongjun He1,2,3,*, Lijun Liu1,2,3,*, Pengcheng Xu4, Na He1,2,3, Dongya Yuan1,2,3, Longli Kang1,2,3, Tianbo Jin1,2,3

1Key Laboratory of High Altitude Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Tibet Autonomous Region, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi 712082, China

2Key Laboratory for Molecular Genetic Mechanisms and Intervention Research on High Altitude Disease of Tibet Autonomous Region, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi 712082, China

3Key Laboratory for Basic Life Science Research of Tibet Autonomous Region, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi 712082, China

4Department of Hand Surgery, Hebei Province Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Cangzhou, Hebei 061001, China

*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Tianbo Jin, email: [email protected]

Keywords: GNB3, GSTP1, ADRB2, high-altitude pulmonary edema, genetic

Received: August 12, 2016    Accepted: December 07, 2016    Published: February 14, 2017

ABSTRACT

High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) occurs mainly under conditions such as high altitude, rapid ascent, or hypoxia. Previous studies suggest that ADRB2, GNB3, TH, and GSTP1 polymorphisms are associated with various lung diseases. We evaluated whether those polymorphisms are associated with the risk of HAPE in a Chinese Han population. ADRB2, GNB3, TH and GSTP1 polymorphisms were genotyped using a Sequenom MassARRAY. Logistic regression, adjusted for age and gender, was used to evaluate the association between the genotypes and the risk of HAPE by computing odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). The results revealed that GNB3 rs4963516 allele ‘‘G’’ (G vs T: OR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.55–0.90, p = 0.006) was associated with HAPE risk. The ADRB2 rs1042718 alleles had a 1.29-fold (95%CI = 1.00-1.66; p = 0.045) increased risk of HAPE, and the GSTP1 rs749174 alleles had a 0.71-fold (95%CI = 0.52-0.99; p = 0.042) decreased risk of HAPE. Co-dominant and dominant models of GNB3 rs4963516 decreased the risk of HAPE (p = 0.023 and p = 0.008, respectively). Our results indicate GNB3 and GSTP1 polymorphisms may protect against HAPE progression, while ADRB2 polymorphisms are associated with an increased risk of HAPE.


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