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Ridderinkhof KR, Krugers HJ. Horizons in Human Aging Neuroscience: From Normal Neural Aging to Mental (Fr)Agility. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:815759. [PMID: 35845248 PMCID: PMC9277589 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.815759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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While aging is an important risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, age-related cognitive decline can also manifest without apparent neurodegenerative changes. In this review, we discuss molecular, cellular, and network changes that occur during normal aging in the absence of neurodegenerative disease. Emerging findings reveal that these changes include metabolic alterations, oxidative stress, DNA damage, inflammation, calcium dyshomeostasis, and several other hallmarks of age-related neural changes that do not act on their own, but are often interconnected and together may underlie age-related alterations in brain plasticity and cognitive function. Importantly, age-related cognitive decline may not be reduced to a single neurobiological cause, but should instead be considered in terms of a densely connected system that underlies age-related cognitive alterations. We speculate that a decline in one hallmark of neural aging may trigger a decline in other, otherwise thus far stable subsystems, thereby triggering a cascade that may at some point also incur a decline of cognitive functions and mental well-being. Beyond studying the effects of these factors in isolation, considerable insight may be gained by studying the larger picture that entails a representative collection of such factors and their interactions, ranging from molecules to neural networks. Finally, we discuss some potential interventions that may help to prevent these alterations, thereby reducing cognitive decline and mental fragility, and enhancing mental well-being, and healthy aging.
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- K. Richard Ridderinkhof
- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Center for Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Center for Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- SILS-CNS, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Ahmed MM, Tazyeen S, Ali R, Alam A, Imam N, Malik MZ, Ali S, Ishrat R. Network centrality approaches used to uncover and classify most influential nodes with their related miRNAs in cardiovascular diseases. GENE REPORTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2022.101555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Medina-Gil JM, Pérez-García A, Saavedra-Santana P, Díaz-Carrasco A, Martínez-Quintana E, Rodríguez-González F, Ramírez CM, Riaño M, Garay-Sánchez P, Tugores A. A Common Variant at the 3'untranslated Region of the CCL7 Gene (rs17735770) Is Associated With Decreased Susceptibility to Coronary Heart Disease. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:908070. [PMID: 35711383 PMCID: PMC9194478 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.908070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Monocytes participate in the development of atherosclerosis through the action of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators. Among them, CCR2 and its ligands, CCL2 and CCL7 play an important role, so the main objective of this work was to determine whether genetic variants affecting their activity were associated with cardiovascular disease. A cohort of 519 patients that have suffered coronary events was analyzed under a propensity score-matching protocol selecting a homogeneous set of cases and controls, according to age, sex, smoking status, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes as risk factors. While dyslipidemia and arterial hypertension were more prevalent among patients with angina pectoris, current smoking status and elevated inflammatory markers, including total leukocyte and monocyte counts, were more likely associated with acute coronary events. Propensity score matching analysis, performed to eliminate the influence of these risk factors and highlight genetic modifiers, revealed that a single nucleotide variant, rs17735770 at the 3'untranslated region of the CCL7 gene transcript, was associated with decreased cardiovascular risk in a group represented mostly by men, with an average age of 57, and without significant differences in traditional risk factors. Furthermore, the presence of this variant altered the local mRNA structure encompassing a binding site for miR-23ab, resulting in increased translation of a reporter gene in a miR23 independent fashion. The rs17735770 genetic variant led to increased expression of CCL7, a potential antagonist of CCR2 at inflammatory sites, where it could play a meaningful role during the evolution of atherosclerosis.
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- José María Medina-Gil
- Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- IMDEA Research Institute of Food and Health Sciences, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Servicio de Bioquímica Clínica y Análisis Clínicos, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- *Correspondence: Antonio Tugores
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Sonawane AR, Aikawa E, Aikawa M. Connections for Matters of the Heart: Network Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:873582. [PMID: 35665246 PMCID: PMC9160390 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.873582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are diverse disorders affecting the heart and vasculature in millions of people worldwide. Like other fields, CVD research has benefitted from the deluge of multiomics biomedical data. Current CVD research focuses on disease etiologies and mechanisms, identifying disease biomarkers, developing appropriate therapies and drugs, and stratifying patients into correct disease endotypes. Systems biology offers an alternative to traditional reductionist approaches and provides impetus for a comprehensive outlook toward diseases. As a focus area, network medicine specifically aids the translational aspect of in silico research. This review discusses the approach of network medicine and its application to CVD research.
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- Abhijeet Rajendra Sonawane
- Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Cornean A, Gierten J, Welz B, Mateo JL, Thumberger T, Wittbrodt J. Precise in vivo functional analysis of DNA variants with base editing using ACEofBASEs target prediction. eLife 2022; 11:e72124. [PMID: 35373735 PMCID: PMC9033269 DOI: 10.7554/elife.72124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Single nucleotide variants (SNVs) are prevalent genetic factors shaping individual trait profiles and disease susceptibility. The recent development and optimizations of base editors, rubber and pencil genome editing tools now promise to enable direct functional assessment of SNVs in model organisms. However, the lack of bioinformatic tools aiding target prediction limits the application of base editing in vivo. Here, we provide a framework for adenine and cytosine base editing in medaka (Oryzias latipes) and zebrafish (Danio rerio), ideal for scalable validation studies. We developed an online base editing tool ACEofBASEs (a careful evaluation of base-edits), to facilitate decision-making by streamlining sgRNA design and performing off-target evaluation. We used state-of-the-art adenine (ABE) and cytosine base editors (CBE) in medaka and zebrafish to edit eye pigmentation genes and transgenic GFP function with high efficiencies. Base editing in the genes encoding troponin T and the potassium channel ERG faithfully recreated known cardiac phenotypes. Deep-sequencing of alleles revealed the abundance of intended edits in comparison to low levels of insertion or deletion (indel) events for ABE8e and evoBE4max. We finally validated missense mutations in novel candidate genes of congenital heart disease (CHD) dapk3, ube2b, usp44, and ptpn11 in F0 and F1 for a subset of these target genes with genotype-phenotype correlation. This base editing framework applies to a wide range of SNV-susceptible traits accessible in fish, facilitating straight-forward candidate validation and prioritization for detailed mechanistic downstream studies.
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- Alex Cornean
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
- Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School (HBIGS)HeidelbergGermany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)HeidelbergGermany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
- Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School (HBIGS)HeidelbergGermany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)HeidelbergGermany
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- Deparment of Computer Science, University of OviedoOviedoSpain
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)HeidelbergGermany
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Moore SS, Mukherji P, Leung M, Vrentas CE, Mwanja MM, Dai J. Methylation at CpG sites related to growth differentiation factor-15 was not prospectively associated with cardiovascular death in discordant monozygotic twins. Sci Rep 2022; 12:4410. [PMID: 35292700 PMCID: PMC8924170 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08369-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction patients had decreased methylation at four growth differentiating factor-15 (GDF-15) related CpG sites (cg13033858, cg16936953, cg17150809, and cg18608055). These sites had not been studied for their association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths. Thus, we aimed to assess the associations independent of genes, shared environment, and traditional CVD risk factors. Nineteen white, male, monozygotic twin pairs discordant for CVD deaths were included from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Twin Study (NHLBI) initiated in 1969. Data on vital status was collected through December 31, 2014. Methylation of buffy coat DNA at exam 3 (1986-87) was measured using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip. Principal component analysis was used to generate a score representing blood leukocyte composition and baseline CVD risk factors and predominated with natural killer cells, CD4+ T cells, and Framingham risk score. Conditional logistic regression demonstrated that methylation at the four CpG sites was not associated with CVD deaths before (all p > 0.05, bootstrapped p > 0.05) and after adjustment for the score (all p > 0.05). Joint influences of cg16936953 and the score were statistically significant (p < 0.05). In conclusion, joint influences of methylation at the site cg16936953 and the score are prospectively associated with CVD deaths independent of germline and common environment.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier for NHLBI Twin Study: NCT00005124.
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- Spencer Shawn Moore
- Doctoral Program of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, 50312, USA
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- Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
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- Institute for Personalized Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Master Program of Public Health, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, 50312, USA
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- Oregon State Department of Human Services, Salem, OR, 97303, USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Des Moines University, 3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50312, USA.
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Quiles-Jiménez A, Dahl TB, Bjørås M, Alseth I, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I. Epitranscriptome in Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease: Potential Target for Therapies. Stroke 2022; 53:2114-2122. [PMID: 35240858 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.037581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The global risk of cardiovascular disease, including ischemic disease such as stroke, remains high, and cardiovascular disease is the cause of one-third of all deaths worldwide. The main subjacent cause, atherosclerosis, is not fully understood. To improve early diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, it is crucial to unveil the key molecular mechanisms that lead to atherosclerosis development. The field of epitranscriptomics is blossoming and quickly advancing in fields like cancer research, nevertheless, poorly understood in the context of cardiovascular disease. Epitranscriptomic modifications are shown to regulate the metabolism and function of RNA molecules, which are important for cell functions such as cell proliferation, a key aspect in atherogenesis. As such, epitranscriptomic regulatory mechanisms can serve as novel checkpoints in gene expression during disease development. In this review, we describe examples of the latest research investigating epitranscriptomic modifications, in particular A-to-I editing and the covalent modification N6-methyladenosine and their regulatory proteins, in the context of cardiovascular disease. We additionally discuss the potential of these mechanisms as therapeutic targets and novel treatment options.
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- Ana Quiles-Jiménez
- Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (A.Q.-J., T.B.D., B.H., I.G.).,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway (A.Q.-J., B.H.)
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- Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (A.Q.-J., T.B.D., B.H., I.G.).,Division of Critical Care and Emergencies, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (T.B.D.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (M.B., I.A.).,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (M.B.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (M.B., I.A.)
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- Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (A.Q.-J., T.B.D., B.H., I.G.).,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway (A.Q.-J., B.H.)
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- Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. (A.Q.-J., T.B.D., B.H., I.G.)
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Bryzgalov LO, Korbolina EE, Damarov IS, Merkulova TI. The functional insight into the genetics of cardiovascular disease: results from the post-GWAS study. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2022; 26:65-73. [PMID: 35342858 PMCID: PMC8892170 DOI: 10.18699/vjgb-22-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of death worldwide, generally refer to a range of pathological conditions with the involvement of the heart and the blood vessels. A sizable fraction of the susceptibility loci is known, but the underlying mechanisms have been established only for a small proportion. Therefore, there is an increasing need to explore the functional relevance of trait-associated variants and, moreover, to search for novel risk genetic variation. We have reported the bioinformatic approach allowing effective identification of functional non-coding variants by integrated analysis of genome-wide data. Here, the analysis of 1361 previously identified regulatory SNPs (rSNPs) was performed to provide new insights into cardiovascular risk. We found 773,471 coding co-segregating markers for input rSNPs using the 1000 Genomes Project. The intersection of GWAS-derived SNPs with a relevance to cardiovascular traits with these markers was analyzed within a window of 10 Kbp. The effects on the transcription factor (TF) binding sites were explored by DeFine models. Functional pathway enrichment and protein– protein interaction (PPI) network analyses were performed on the targets and the extended genes by STRING and DAVID. Eighteen rSNPs were functionally linked to cardiovascular risk. A significant impact on binding sites of thirteen TFs including those involved in blood cells formation, hematopoiesis, macrophage function, inflammation, and vasoconstriction was found in K562 cells. 21 rSNP gene targets and 5 partners predicted by PPI were enriched for spliceosome and endocytosis KEGG pathways, endosome sorting complex and mRNA splicing REACTOME pathways. Related Gene Ontology terms included mRNA splicing and processing, endosome transport and protein catabolic processes. Together, the findings provide further insight into the biological basis of CVDs and highlight the importance of the precise regulation of splicing and alternative splicing.
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- L. O. Bryzgalov
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University
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Carter AR, Harrison S, Gill D, Davey Smith G, Taylor AE, Howe LD, Davies NM. Educational attainment as a modifier for the effect of polygenic scores for cardiovascular risk factors: cross-sectional and prospective analysis of UK Biobank. Int J Epidemiol 2022; 51:885-897. [PMID: 35134953 PMCID: PMC9189971 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Understanding the interplay between educational attainment and genetic predictors of cardiovascular risk may improve our understanding of the aetiology of educational inequalities in cardiovascular disease. Methods In up to 320 120 UK Biobank participants of White British ancestry (mean age = 57 years, female 54%), we created polygenic scores for nine cardiovascular risk factors or diseases: alcohol consumption, body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lifetime smoking behaviour, systolic blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. We estimated whether educational attainment modified genetic susceptibility to these risk factors and diseases. Results On the additive scale, higher educational attainment reduced genetic susceptibility to higher body mass index, smoking, atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes, but increased genetic susceptibility to higher LDL-C and higher systolic blood pressure. On the multiplicative scale, there was evidence that higher educational attainment increased genetic susceptibility to atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease, but little evidence of effect modification was found for all other traits considered. Conclusions Educational attainment modifies the genetic susceptibility to some cardiovascular risk factors and diseases. The direction of this effect was mixed across traits considered and differences in associations between the effect of the polygenic score across strata of educational attainment was uniformly small. Therefore, any effect modification by education of genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular risk factors or diseases is unlikely to substantially explain the development of inequalities in cardiovascular risk.
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- Alice R Carter
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Section, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education and Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George’s, University of London, London, UK
- Clinical Pharmacology Group, Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Tada H, Fujino N, Hayashi K, Kawashiri MA, Takamura M. Human genetics and its impact on cardiovascular disease. J Cardiol 2022; 79:233-239. [PMID: 34551866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2021.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Given that CVD is a highly heritable trait, researchers have attempted to fully understand the genetic basis of CVD for a long time. The human genome comprises 3,100 Mbp per haploid genome and 6,200 Mbp in total (diploid genome). However, there is a tendency for rare genetic variations to exhibit a large effect size, whereas common genetic variations have a small effect on diseases, because of natural selection. In this sense, dividing genetic variations into two groups based on allele frequency (and effect sizes on diseases) is a good idea. We know there are several important genes (especially lipid-related genes) in which rare genetic variations are apparently associated with CVD risk, while a polygenic risk score comprising common genetic variations appears to work quite well among general populations. That information can be used not only for risk stratification but also for discoveries for novel pharmacologic targets. In this review article, we provide the important and simple idea that human genetics is important for CVD because it is a highly heritable trait, and we believe that it will lead to precision medicine in this field.
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- Hayato Tada
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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Simões MHS, Salles BCC, Duarte SMDS, Silva MAD, Viana ALM, Moraes GDOID, Figueiredo SA, Ferreira EB, Rodrigues MR, Paula FBDA. Leaf extract of Coffea arabica L. reduces lipid peroxidation and has anti-platelet effect in a rat dyslipidemia model. BRAZ J PHARM SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/s2175-97902022e19562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Seidman MA, Mitchell RN. Fundamental principles in cardiovascular genetics. Cardiovasc Pathol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-822224-9.00019-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In vivo identification and validation of novel potential predictors for human cardiovascular diseases. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0261572. [PMID: 34919578 PMCID: PMC8682894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Genetics crucially contributes to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the global leading cause of death. Since the majority of CVDs can be prevented by early intervention there is a high demand for the identification of predictive causative genes. While genome wide association studies (GWAS) correlate genes and CVDs after diagnosis and provide a valuable resource for such causative candidate genes, often preferentially those with previously known or suspected function are addressed further. To tackle the unaddressed blind spot of understudied genes, we particularly focused on the validation of human heart phenotype-associated GWAS candidates with little or no apparent connection to cardiac function. Building on the conservation of basic heart function and underlying genetics from fish to human we combined CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of the orthologs of human GWAS candidates in isogenic medaka with automated high-throughput heart rate analysis. Our functional analyses of understudied human candidates uncovered a prominent fraction of heart rate associated genes from adult human patients impacting on the heart rate in embryonic medaka already in the injected generation. Following this pipeline, we identified 16 GWAS candidates with potential diagnostic and predictive power for human CVDs.
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Ahmed Z, Zeeshan S, Liang BT. RNA-seq driven expression and enrichment analysis to investigate CVD genes with associated phenotypes among high-risk heart failure patients. Hum Genomics 2021; 15:67. [PMID: 34774109 PMCID: PMC8590246 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-021-00367-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common complications of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and among the leading causes of death in the US. Many other CVDs can lead to increased mortality as well. Investigating the genetic epidemiology and susceptibility to CVDs is a central focus of cardiology and biomedical life sciences. Several studies have explored expression of key CVD genes specially in HF, yet new targets and biomarkers for early diagnosis are still missing to support personalized treatment. Lack of gender-specific cardiac biomarker thresholds in men and women may be the reason for CVD underdiagnosis in women, and potentially increased morbidity and mortality as a result, or conversely, an overdiagnosis in men. In this context, it is important to analyze the expression and enrichment of genes with associated phenotypes and disease-causing variants among high-risk CVD populations. Methods We performed RNA sequencing focusing on key CVD genes with a great number of genetic associations to HF. Peripheral blood samples were collected from a broad age range of adult male and female CVD patients. These patients were clinically diagnosed with CVDs and CMS/HCC HF, as well as including cardiomyopathy, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, asthma, high cholesterol, hernia, chronic kidney, joint pain, dizziness and giddiness, osteopenia of multiple sites, chest pain, osteoarthritis, and other diseases. Results We report RNA-seq driven case–control study to analyze patterns of expression in genes and differentiating the pathways, which differ between healthy and diseased patients. Our in-depth gene expression and enrichment analysis of RNA-seq data from patients with mostly HF and other CVDs on differentially expressed genes and CVD annotated genes revealed 4,885 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and regulation of 41 genes known for HF and 23 genes related to other CVDs, with 15 DEGs as significantly expressed including four genes already known (FLNA, CST3, LGALS3, and HBA1) for HF and CVDs with the enrichment of many pathways. Furthermore, gender and ethnic group specific analysis showed shared and unique genes between the genders, and among different races. Broadening the scope of the results in clinical settings, we have linked the CVD genes with ICD codes. Conclusions Many pathways were found to be enriched, and gender-specific analysis showed shared and unique genes between the genders. Additional testing of these genes may lead to the development of new clinical tools to improve diagnosis and prognosis of CVD patients. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40246-021-00367-8.
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- Zeeshan Ahmed
- Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 112 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 125 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. .,Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, USA. .,Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, UConn School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, USA.
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, 195 Little Albany St, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, UConn School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, USA
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Shi H, Ossip DJ, Mayo NL, Lopez DA, Block RC, Post WS, Bertoni AG, Ding J, Chen S, Yan C, Xie Z, Hoeschele I, Liu Y, Li D. Role of DNA methylation on the association between physical activity and cardiovascular diseases: results from the longitudinal multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:790. [PMID: 34732130 PMCID: PMC8567593 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-08108-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The complexity of physical activity (PA) and DNA methylation interaction in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rarely simultaneously investigated in one study. We examined the role of DNA methylation on the association between PA and CVD. Results The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort Exam 5 data with 1065 participants free of CVD were used for final analysis. The quartile categorical total PA variable was created by activity intensity (METs/week). During a median follow-up of 4.0 years, 69 participants developed CVD. Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip was used to provide genome-wide DNA methylation profiles in purified human monocytes (CD14+). We identified 23 candidate DNA methylation loci to be associated with both PA and CVD. We used the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to test the complex relationships among multiple variables and the roles of mediators. Three of the 23 identified loci (corresponding to genes VPS13D, PIK3CD and VPS45) remained as significant mediators in the final SEM model along with other covariates. Bridged by the three genes, the 2nd PA quartile (β = − 0.959; 95%CI: − 1.554 to − 0.449) and the 3rd PA quartile (β = − 0.944; 95%CI: − 1.628 to − 0.413) showed the greatest inverse associations with CVD development, while the 4th PA quartile had a relatively weaker inverse association (β = − 0.355; 95%CI: − 0.713 to − 0.124). Conclusions The current study is among the first to simultaneously examine the relationships among PA, DNA methylation, and CVD in a large cohort with long-term exposure. We identified three DNA methylation loci bridged the association between PA and CVD. The function of the identified genes warrants further investigation in the pathogenesis of CVD. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-08108-w.
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- Hangchuan Shi
- Department of Clinical and Translational Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642-0708, USA.,Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Translational Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642-0708, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27701, USA.
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- Department of Clinical and Translational Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642-0708, USA.
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O'Rand AM, Hamil-Luker J. Landfall After the Perfect Storm: Cohort Differences in the Relationship Between Debt and Risk of Heart Attack. Demography 2021; 57:2199-2220. [PMID: 33051832 DOI: 10.1007/s13524-020-00930-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Analyses of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) between 1992 and 2014 compare the relationship between different levels and forms of debt and heart attack risk trajectories across four cohorts. Although all cohorts experienced growing household debt, including the increase of both secured and unsecured debt, they nevertheless encountered different economic opportunity structures and crises at sensitive times in their life courses, with implications for heart attack risk trajectories. Results from frailty hazards models reveal that unsecured debt is associated with increased risk of heart attack across all cohorts. Higher levels of housing debt, however, predict higher rates of heart attack among only the earlier cohorts. Heart attack risk trajectories for Baby Boomers with high levels of housing debt are lower than those of same-aged peers with no housing debt. Thus, the relationship between debt and heart attack varies by level and form of debt across cohorts but distinguishes Baby Boomer cohorts based on their diverse exposures to volatile housing market conditions over the sensitive household formation period of the life course.
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- Angela M O'Rand
- Department of Sociology, Duke University, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708-0088, USA.
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- Department of Sociology, Duke University, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708-0088, USA
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Bensimon-Brito A, Boezio GLM, Cardeira-da-Silva J, Wietelmann A, Ramkumar S, Lundegaard PR, Helker CSM, Ramadass R, Piesker J, Nauerth A, Mueller C, Stainier DYR. Integration of multiple imaging platforms to uncover cardiovascular defects in adult zebrafish. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:2665-2687. [PMID: 34609500 PMCID: PMC9491864 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aims Mammalian models have been instrumental in investigating adult heart function and human disease. However, electrophysiological differences with human hearts and high costs motivate the need for non-mammalian models. The zebrafish is a well-established genetic model to study cardiovascular development and function; however, analysis of cardiovascular phenotypes in adult specimens is particularly challenging as they are opaque. Methods and results Here, we optimized and combined multiple imaging techniques including echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and micro-computed tomography to identify and analyse cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish. Using alk5a/tgfbr1a mutants as a case study, we observed morphological and functional cardiovascular defects that were undetected with conventional approaches. Correlation analysis of multiple parameters revealed an association between haemodynamic defects and structural alterations of the heart, as observed clinically. Conclusion We report a new, comprehensive, and sensitive platform to identify otherwise indiscernible cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish.
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- Anabela Bensimon-Brito
- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,DZHK German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Rhine-Main, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,DZHK German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Rhine-Main, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,DZHK German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Rhine-Main, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Scientific Service Group MRI and µ-CT, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,DZHK German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Rhine-Main, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Vascular, Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Scientific Service Group Microscopy, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,DZHK German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Rhine-Main, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Mehrabi M, Morris TA, Cang Z, Nguyen CHH, Sha Y, Asad MN, Khachikyan N, Greene TL, Becker DM, Nie Q, Zaragoza MV, Grosberg A. A Study of Gene Expression, Structure, and Contractility of iPSC-Derived Cardiac Myocytes from a Family with Heart Disease due to LMNA Mutation. Ann Biomed Eng 2021; 49:3524-3539. [PMID: 34585335 PMCID: PMC8671287 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-021-02850-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Genetic mutations to the Lamin A/C gene (LMNA) can cause heart disease, but the mechanisms making cardiac tissues uniquely vulnerable to the mutations remain largely unknown. Further, patients with LMNA mutations have highly variable presentation of heart disease progression and type. In vitro patient-specific experiments could provide a powerful platform for studying this phenomenon, but the use of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM) introduces heterogeneity in maturity and function thus complicating the interpretation of the results of any single experiment. We hypothesized that integrating single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) with analysis of the tissue architecture and contractile function would elucidate some of the probable mechanisms. To test this, we investigated five iPSC-CM lines, three controls and two patients with a (c.357-2A>G) mutation. The patient iPSC-CM tissues had significantly weaker stress generation potential than control iPSC-CM tissues demonstrating the viability of our in vitro approach. Through scRNA-seq, differentially expressed genes between control and patient lines were identified. Some of these genes, linked to quantitative structural and functional changes, were cardiac specific, explaining the targeted nature of the disease progression seen in patients. The results of this work demonstrate the utility of combining in vitro tools in exploring heart disease mechanics.
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- Mehrsa Mehrabi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,The NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Genetics & Genomics Division, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,Department of Mathematics and Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,The NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.,Genetics & Genomics Division, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. .,UCI Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. .,Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. .,The NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. .,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. .,The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2418 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
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España-Irla G, Gomes-Osman J, Cattaneo G, Albu S, Cabello-Toscano M, Solana-Sanchéz J, Redondo-Camós M, Delgado-Gallén S, Alviarez-Schulze V, Pachón-García C, Tormos JM, Bartrés-Faz D, Morris TP, Pascual-Leone Á. Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk, and Cognition Are Mediated by Structural Brain Health in Midlife. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e020688. [PMID: 34514813 PMCID: PMC8649552 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.020688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Background Evidence in older adults suggests that higher cardiorespiratory fitness and lower cardiovascular risk are associated with greater cognition. However, given that changes in the brain that lead to cognitive decline begin decades before the onset of symptoms, understanding the mechanisms by which modifiable cardiovascular factors are associated with brain health in midlife is critical and can lead to the development of strategies to promote and maintain brain health as we age. Methods and Results In 501 middle‐aged (aged 40–65 years) adult participants of the BBHI (Barcelona Brain Health Initiative), we found differential associations among cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiovascular risk, and cognition and cortical thickness. Higher cardiorespiratory fitness was significantly associated with better visuospatial abilities and frontal loading abstract problem solving (β=3.16, P=0.049) in the older middle‐aged group (aged 55–65 years). In contrast, cardiovascular risk was negatively associated with better visuospatial reasoning and problem‐solving abilities (β=−0.046, P=0.002), flexibility (β=−0.054, P<0.001), processing speed (β=−0.115, P<0.001), and memory (β=−0.120, P<0.001). Cortical thickness in frontal regions mediated the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition, whereas cortical thickness in a disperse network spanning multiple cortical regions across both hemispheres mediated the relationship between cardiovascular risk and cognition. Conclusions The relationships between modifiable cardiovascular factors, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cardiovascular risk, and cognition are present in healthy middle‐aged adults. These relationships are also mediated by brain structure highlighting a potential mechanistic pathway through which higher cardiorespiratory fitness and lower cardiovascular risk can positively impact cognitive function in midlife.
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- Goretti España-Irla
- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami FL
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut i Institut de Neurociències Universitat de Barcelona Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Medicine Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut i Institut de Neurociències Universitat de Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Psychology Center for Cognitive and Brain Health Northeastern University Boston MA
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- Guttmann Brain Health Institute Institut GuttmannInstitut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la UAB Badalona Spain.,Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School Boston MA.,Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health Hebrew SeniorLife Boston MA
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Guo H, Liu L, Nishiga M, Cong L, Wu JC. Deciphering pathogenicity of variants of uncertain significance with CRISPR-edited iPSCs. Trends Genet 2021; 37:1109-1123. [PMID: 34509299 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Genetic variants play an important role in conferring risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). With the rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS), thousands of genetic variants associated with CVDs have been identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but the function of more than 40% of genetic variants is still unknown. This gap of knowledge is a barrier to the clinical application of the genetic information. However, determining the pathogenicity of a variant of uncertain significance (VUS) is challenging due to the lack of suitable model systems and accessible technologies. By combining clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), unprecedented advances are now possible in determining the pathogenicity of VUS in CVDs. Here, we summarize recent progress and new strategies in deciphering pathogenic variants for CVDs using CRISPR-edited human iPSCs.
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- Hongchao Guo
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Kałka D, Gebala J, Biernikiewicz M, Mrozek-Szetela A, Rożek-Piechura K, Sobieszczańska M, Szuster E, Majchrowska M, Miętka A, Rusiecka A. Erectile Dysfunction in Men Burdened with the Familial Occurrence of Coronary Artery Disease. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10184046. [PMID: 34575155 PMCID: PMC8470252 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10184046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease (CAD) share common risk factors, some of which have genetic backgrounds, while others may be stimulated by family lifestyle. We investigated the impact of the familial occurrence of CAD on the presence of ED and the presence of classic risk factors for ED in men with CAD. This cross-sectional observational study involved 751 men with CAD who were subjected to cardiac rehabilitation. Overall, 75.63% of the men had ED. CAD was diagnosed in 39.28% of the studied men’s relatives. ED was less frequent in the men with familial CAD than in those without (71.53% vs. 78.29%). Similar relations were observed for the presence of CAD in parents (70.43% vs. 78.34%) and the father (69.95% vs. 77.46%). The International Index of Erectile Function 5 score was significantly higher in patients with familial CAD (median (interquartile range); 17 (12–22) vs. 16 (10–21); p = 0.0118), in parents (18 (12–22) vs. 16 (10–20); p = 0.021), and in the father (18 (12–22) vs. 16 (10–21); p = 0.0499). Age and education minimized the effect of familial CAD. Familial CAD increased the incidence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking but not sedentary lifestyle. Despite the higher prevalence of selected risk factors for ED in men with familial CAD, a higher incidence of ED was not observed.
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- Dariusz Kałka
- Cardiosexology Unit, Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (M.M.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
- Centre for Men’s Health, 53-151 Wrocław, Poland
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- Cardiosexology Students’ Scientific Club, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (J.G.); (E.S.)
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- Doctoral School at Wrocław of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Faculty of Physiotherapy, Wrocław University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Cardiosexology Students’ Scientific Club, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (J.G.); (E.S.)
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- Cardiosexology Unit, Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (M.M.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Cardiosexology Unit, Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (M.M.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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- Cardiosexology Unit, Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland; (M.M.); (A.M.); (A.R.)
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Genomic and Ancestral Variation Underlies the Severity of COVID-19 Clinical Manifestation in Individuals of European Descent. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11090921. [PMID: 34575070 PMCID: PMC8470085 DOI: 10.3390/life11090921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes ranging from asymptomatic to symptomatic with mild or moderate presentation and severe disease. COVID-19 susceptibility, severity and recovery have demonstrated high variability worldwide. Variances in the host genetic architecture may underlie the inter-individual and population-scale differences in COVID-19 presentation. We performed a genome-wide association analysis employing the genotyping data from AncestryDNA for COVID-19 patients of European descent and used asymptomatic subjects as the control group. We identified 621 genetic variants that were significantly distinct between asymptomatic and acutely symptomatic COVID-19 patients (multiple-testing corrected p-value < 0.001). These variants were found to be associated with pathways governing host immunity, such as interferon, interleukin and cytokine signalling, and known COVID-19 comorbidities, such as obesity and cholesterol metabolism. Further, our ancestry analysis revealed that the asymptomatic COVID-19 patients possess discernibly higher proportions of the Ancestral North Eurasian (ANE) and Eastern Hunter-Gatherer (EHG) ancestry, which was introduced to Europe through Bell Beaker culture (Yamnaya related) and lower fractions of Western Hunter-Gatherer (WHG) ancestry, while severely symptomatic patients have higher fractions of WHG and lower ANE/EHG ancestral components, thereby delineating the likely ancestral differences between the two groups.
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Liang T, Gao F, Chen J. Role of PTEN-less in cardiac injury, hypertrophy and regeneration. CELL REGENERATION (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 10:25. [PMID: 34337686 PMCID: PMC8326232 DOI: 10.1186/s13619-021-00087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiomyocytes are capable of coordinated contractions, which are mainly responsible for pumping blood. When cardiac stress occurs, cardiomyocytes undergo transition from physiological homeostasis to hypertrophic growth, proliferation, or apoptosis. During these processes, many cellular factors and signaling pathways participate. PTEN is a ubiquitous dual-specificity phosphatase and functions by dephosphorylating target proteins or lipids, such as PIP3, a second messenger in the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Downregulation of PTEN expression or inhibiting its biologic activity improves heart function, promotes cardiomyocytes proliferation, reduces cardiac fibrosis as well as dilation, and inhibits apoptosis following ischemic stress such as myocardial infarction. Inactivation of PTEN exhibits a potentially beneficial therapeutic effects against cardiac diseases. In this review, we summarize various strategies for PTEN inactivation and highlight the roles of PTEN-less in regulating cardiomyocytes during cardiac development and stress responses.
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- Tian Liang
- Department of Cardiology, Provincial Key Lab of Cardiovascular Research, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China.,Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Provincial Key Lab of Cardiovascular Research, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China.,Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Provincial Key Lab of Cardiovascular Research, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China. .,Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China.
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Rodriguez-Polo I, Mißbach S, Petkov S, Mattern F, Maierhofer A, Grządzielewska I, Tereshchenko Y, Urrutia-Cabrera D, Haaf T, Dressel R, Bartels I, Behr R. A piggyBac-based platform for genome editing and clonal rhesus macaque iPSC line derivation. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15439. [PMID: 34326359 PMCID: PMC8322147 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94419-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Non-human primates (NHPs) are, due to their close phylogenetic relationship to humans, excellent animal models to study clinically relevant mutations. However, the toolbox for the genetic modification of NHPs is less developed than those for other species like mice. Therefore, it is necessary to further develop and refine genome editing approaches in NHPs. NHP pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) share key molecular signatures with the early embryo, which is an important target for genomic modification. Therefore, PSCs are a valuable test system for the validation of embryonic genome editing approaches. In the present study, we made use of the versatility of the piggyBac transposon system for different purposes in the context of NHP stem cell technology and genome editing. These include (1) Robust reprogramming of rhesus macaque fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); (2) Culture of the iPSCs under feeder-free conditions even after removal of the transgene resulting in transgene-free iPSCs; (3) Development of a CRISPR/Cas-based work-flow to edit the genome of rhesus macaque PSCs with high efficiency; (4) Establishment of a novel protocol for the derivation of gene-edited monoclonal NHP-iPSC lines. These findings facilitate efficient testing of genome editing approaches in NHP-PSC before their in vivo application.
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- Ignacio Rodriguez-Polo
- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Max Planck Molecular Biology Program (M.Sc./Ph.D.), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Max Planck Molecular Biology Program (M.Sc./Ph.D.), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Cellular Reprogramming Unit, Center for Eye Research Australia, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtalle 34, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Platform Degenerative Diseases, German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Nguyen HD, Oh H, Hoang NHM, Kim MS. Association between heavy metals, high-sensitivity C-reaction protein and 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases among adult Korean population. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14664. [PMID: 34282223 PMCID: PMC8289831 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94158-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Korea tends to be increasing. It has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasing evidence shows heavy metals are associated with increased CVD risk. We aimed to determine the association between the serum heavy metal levels and 10-year risk of CVDs and to predict risks of CVDs based on marginal effects. Heavy metals were measured by a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and direct mercury analyzer. The results show a significant relationship between the increase in cadmium, lead, mercury, hs-CRP levels and the 10-year risk of CVD after adjustment for serum cotinine, age group, sex, body mass index, a family history of CVDs, diabetes or hyperlipidemia, high-risk drinking, physical activity, and diabetes. A doubling of serum cadmium, lead, mercury, and hs-CRP was associated with the increase in the 10-year risk of CVD by 0.14%, 0.10%, 0.11% and 0.22%, respectively. Therefore, a special concern should be given to the harmful impacts of heavy metals on the 10-year risk of CVD. It is important to develop a prevention strategy targeting the high-risk population to slow down this progression to risk factors related to heavy metals and reduce prevalence. Remarkedly, hs-CRP is the most validated and widely used inflammatory marker, and could be a potential clinical value in predicting and monitoring CVDs.
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- Hai Duc Nguyen
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea.
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Keenan BT, Webster JC, Wiemken AS, Lavi-Romer N, Nguyen T, Svenson KL, Galante RJ, Churchill GA, Pickup S, Pack AI, Schwab RJ. Heritability of fat distributions in male mice from the founder strains of the Diversity Outbred mouse population. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6171186. [PMID: 33720343 PMCID: PMC8104956 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Specific fat distributions are risk factors for complex diseases, including coronary heart disease and obstructive sleep apnea. To demonstrate the utility of high-diversity mouse models for elucidating genetic associations, we describe the phenotyping and heritability of fat distributions within the five classical inbred and three wild-derived founder mouse strains of the Collaborative Cross and Diversity Outbred mice. Measurements of subcutaneous and internal fat volumes in the abdomen, thorax and neck, and fat volumes in the tongue and pericardium were obtained using magnetic resonance imaging in male mice from the A/J (n = 12), C57BL/6J (n = 17), 129S1/SvlmJ (n = 12), NOD/LtJ (n = 14), NZO/HILtJ (n = 12), CAST/EiJ (n = 14), PWK/PhJ (n = 12), and WSB/EiJ (n = 15) strains. Phenotypes were compared across strains using analysis of variance and heritability estimated as the proportion of phenotypic variability attributable to strain. Heritability ranged from 44 to 91% across traits, including >70% heritability of tongue fat. A majority of heritability estimates remained significant controlling for body weight, suggesting genetic influences independent of general obesity. Principal components analysis supports genetic influences on overall obesity and specific to increased pericardial and intra-neck fat. Thus, among the founder strains of the Collaborative Cross and Diversity Outbred mice, we observed significant heritability of subcutaneous and internal fat volumes in the neck, thorax and abdomen, pericardial fat volume and tongue fat volume, consistent with genetic architecture playing an important role in explaining trait variability. Findings pave the way for studies utilizing high-diversity mouse models to identify genes affecting fat distributions and, in turn, influencing risk for associated complex disorders.
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- Brendan T Keenan
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Polymorphism rs7214723 in CAMKK1: a new genetic variant associated with cardiovascular diseases. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:229102. [PMID: 34165505 PMCID: PMC8264181 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20210326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of deaths worldwide. CVDs have a complex etiology due to the several factors underlying its development including environment, lifestyle, and genetics. Given the role of calcium signal transduction in several CVDs, we investigated via PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7214723 within the calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase 1 (CAMKK1) gene coding for the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase I. The variant rs7214723 causes E375G substitution within the kinase domain of CAMKK1. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 cardiac patients. RFLP-PCR technique was applied, and statistical analysis was performed to evaluate genotypic and allelic frequencies and to identify an association between SNP and risk of developing specific CVD. Genotype and allele frequencies for rs7214723 were statistically different between cardiopathic and several European reference populations. A logistic regression analysis adjusted for gender, age, diabetes, hypertension, BMI and previous history of malignancy was applied on cardiopathic genotypic data and no association was found between rs7214723 polymorphism and risk of developing specific coronary artery disease (CAD) and aortic stenosis (AS). These results suggest the potential role of rs7214723 in CVD susceptibility as a possible genetic biomarker.
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Al Ghali R, Smail L, Muqbel M, Haroun D. Maternal investment, life-history trajectory of the off-spring and cardiovascular disease risk in Emirati females in the United Arab Emirates. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:1237. [PMID: 34176485 PMCID: PMC8237435 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11182-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Variations in cardiovascular disease risk (CVD) are suggested to be partly influenced by factors that affect prenatal growth patterns and outcomes, namely degree of maternal investment (proxied by birth weight and gestational age). Using the life history trajectory model, this study investigates whether maternal investment in early prenatal life associates with menarcheal age and whether maternal investment affects CVD risk in adulthood and predicts adult size and adiposity levels. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 94 healthy Emirati females. Birth weight, gestational age and menarcheal age were obtained. Anthropometrical measurements, body composition analysis, and blood pressure values were collected. Regression analyses were conducted to establish associations. Results There was no association between birth weight standard deviation score (SDS) and age at menarche. When investigating the associations of birth weight SDS and age at menarche with growth indices, it was found that only birth weight was positively and significantly associated with both height (β = 1.342 cm, 95% CI (0.12, 2.57), p = 0.032) and leg length (β = 0.968 cm, 95% CI (0.08, 1.86), p = 0.034). Menarcheal age was significantly and inversely associated with fat mass index (FMI) (β = − 0.080 cm, 95% CI (− 0.13, − 0.03), p = 0.002), but not with waist circumference and fat free mass index (FFMI) (p > 0.05). Birth weight SDS was positively and significantly associated with waist circumference (β = 0.035 cm, 95% CI (0.01, 0.06), p = 0.009), FMI (β = 0.087 cm, 95% CI (0.01, 0.16), p = 0.027), and FFMI (β = 0.485 cm, 95% CI (0.17, 0.80), p = 0.003). Birth weight SDS was not significantly associated with either systolic blood pressure (SBP) or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p > 0.05). However, FMI, waist circumference, and FFMI were positively and significantly associated with SBP. Regarding DBP, the relationship was negatively and significantly associated with only FFMI (β = − 1.6111 kg/m2, 95% CI (− 2.63, − 0.60), p = 0.002). Conclusion Although the results do not fully support that Emirati females fast-life history is associated with increased chronic disease risk, the data does suggest a link between restricted fetal growth in response to low maternal investment and metabolic and reproductive health. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-11182-0.
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- Rola Al Ghali
- Department of Health Sciences, Zayed University, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Zayed University, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, Zayed University, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Scelsi HF, Barlow BM, Saccuzzo EG, Lieberman RL. Common and rare myocilin variants: Predicting glaucoma pathogenicity based on genetics, clinical, and laboratory misfolding data. Hum Mutat 2021; 42:903-946. [PMID: 34082484 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rare variants of the olfactomedin domain of myocilin are considered causative for inherited, early-onset open-angle glaucoma, with a misfolding toxic gain-of-function pathogenic mechanism detailed by 20 years of laboratory research. Myocilin variants are documented in the scientific literature and identified through large-scale genetic sequencing projects such as those curated in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). In the absence of key clinical and laboratory information, however, the pathogenicity of any given variant is not clear, because glaucoma is a heterogeneous and prevalent age-onset disease, and common variants are likely benign. In this review, we reevaluate the likelihood of pathogenicity for the ~100 nonsynonymous missense, insertion-deletion, and premature termination of myocilin olfactomedin variants documented in the literature. We integrate available clinical, laboratory cellular, biochemical and biophysical data, the olfactomedin domain structure, and population genetics data from gnomAD. Of the variants inspected, ~50% can be binned based on a preponderance of data, leaving many of uncertain pathogenicity that motivate additional studies. Ultimately, the approach of combining metrics from different disciplines will likely resolve outstanding complexities regarding the role of this misfolding-prone protein within the context of a multifactorial and prevalent ocular disease, and pave the way for new precision medicine therapeutics.
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- Hailee F Scelsi
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Alhamoudi KM, Barhoumi T, Al-Eidi H, Asiri A, Nashabat M, Alaamery M, Alharbi M, Alhaidan Y, Tabarki B, Umair M, Alfadhel M. A homozygous nonsense mutation in DCBLD2 is a candidate cause of developmental delay, dysmorphic features and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12861. [PMID: 34145321 PMCID: PMC8213761 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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DCBLD2 encodes discodin, CUB and LCCL domain-containing protein 2, a type-I transmembrane receptor that is involved in intracellular receptor signalling pathways and the regulation of cell growth. In this report, we describe a 5-year-old female who presented severe clinical features, including restrictive cardiomyopathy, developmental delay, spasticity and dysmorphic features. Trio-whole-exome sequencing and segregation analysis were performed to identify the genetic cause of the disease within the family. A novel homozygous nonsense variant in the DCBLD2 gene (c.80G > A, p.W27*) was identified as the most likely cause of the patient's phenotype. This nonsense variant falls in the extracellular N-terminus of DCBLD2 and thus might affect proper protein function of the transmembrane receptor. A number of in vitro investigations were performed on the proband's skin fibroblasts compared to normal fibroblasts, which allowed a comprehensive assessment resulting in the functional characterization of the identified DCBLD2 nonsense variant in different cellular processes. Our data propose a significant association between the identified variant and the observed reduction in cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, intracellular ROS, and Ca2 + levels, which would likely explain the phenotypic presentation of the patient as associated with lethal restrictive cardiomyopathy.
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- Kheloud M Alhamoudi
- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Core Facility and Research Platforms, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Al Nakhil, 225, Bisha, 67714, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Developmental Medicine Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomics Research Department, King Abdullah International Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. .,Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Batista AP, Barbosa KF, de Azevedo RJ, Vianna VN, de Queiroz EM, Marinho CC, Machado-Coelho GLL. Hypertension is associated with a variant in the RARRES2 gene in populations of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil: a cross-sectional study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS 2021; 12:40-51. [PMID: 34336137 PMCID: PMC8310885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Arterial hypertension (AH) is implicated in vascular health and contributes significantly to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In addition to the contribution of usual risk factors for AH, elucidating the influence of genetic factors is a promising area of investigation. Therefore, we evaluated the association between AH and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and genetic polymorphisms in communities in Southeast Brazil. METHODS A total of 515 adults aged 18-91 years, who were cross-sectionally assessed between 2015-2016, were included. Demographic, clinical, behavioral, anthropometric characteristics, and laboratory parameters and 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms in seven candidate genes involved in cardiovascular risk (RARRES2, AGT, NOS3, GNB3, APOE, APOB, APOC3, LDLR, and PPARG) were evaluated, with AH as the outcome. Sex, age, and laboratory parameters were considered the main confounding factors. RESULTS There was a significant association between age >60 years (odds ratio [OR] =6.74), alcohol dependence (OR=3.84), smoking (OR=1.74), overweight (OR=1.74), high plasma triglyceride (TG) levels (OR=1.98) and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c) (OR=6.22), diabetes (OR=3.68), and insulin resistance (OR=2.40) and AH. A significant association was observed between rs4721 in RARRES2 and AH. The T allele in homozygosis was a potent chance modifier for AH. The highest chance gradients for AH were characterized by the presence of the TT genotype and DMT2 (OR=9.70), high TG (OR=6.26), low HDL-c (OR=8.20), and age more than 60 years (OR=9.96). CONCLUSION The interaction of the T allele of the rs4721 polymorphism in RARRES2 with CVRFs may predispose carriers to a higher cardiovascular risk.
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- Aline Priscila Batista
- Nucleus for Research in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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- Nucleus for Research in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Nucleus for Research in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro PretoOuro Preto, Brazil
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Salazar P, Konda S, Sridhar A, Arbieva Z, Daviglus M, Darbar D, Rehman J. Common genetic variation in circadian clock genes are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in an African American and Hispanic/Latino cohort. IJC HEART & VASCULATURE 2021; 34:100808. [PMID: 34141862 PMCID: PMC8188044 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Misalignment of the internal circadian time with external physical time due to environmental factors or due to genetic variantion in circadian clock genes has been associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular risk factors. Common genetic variation in circadian genes in the United States have been identified predominantly in European ancestry individuals. We therefore examined the association between circadian clock single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Clock, Cry1, Cry2, Bmal1 and Per3 genes and cardiovascular risk factors in African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos. We analyzed 17 candidate circadian SNPs in 1,166 subjects who self-identified as African-American or Hispanic/Latino and were enrolled in the UIC Cohort of Patients, Family and Friends. We found significant differences in the minor allele frequencies between African American and Hispanic/Latino subjects. Our analyses also established ethnic-specific SNPs that are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. In Hispanic/Latinos, the rs6850524 in Clock was associated with increased risk for hypertension, meanwhile rs12649507, rs4864546, and rs4864548 reduced the risk, also rs8192440 (Cry1) reduced the risk for type 2 diabetes. In African Americans, the Clock rs1801260 and rs6850524 were negatively associated with the presence of obesity; Bmal1 rs11022775 reduced the risk for dyslipidemia; and the Cry2 rs2292912 increased the risk for dyslipidemia and diabetes. Genetic variations in candidate circadian-clock genes are associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in African-Americans and Hispanic/Latinos. Our findings may help to improve cardiovascular risk assessment as well as better understand how circadian misalignment impacts cardiovascular risk in diverse populations.
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- Pablo Salazar
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Genomics Core, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Institute for Minority Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Corresponding authors at: The University of Illinois, College of Medicine, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, RM. E403, Mailcode 868, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
- Corresponding authors at: The University of Illinois, College of Medicine, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, RM. E403, Mailcode 868, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Lieberman RL, Ma MT. Molecular Insights into Myocilin and Its Glaucoma-Causing Misfolded Olfactomedin Domain Variants. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:2205-2215. [PMID: 33847483 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Numerous human disorders arise due to the inability of a particular protein to adopt its correct three-dimensional structure in the context of the cell, leading to aggregation. A new addition to the list of such protein conformational disorders is the inherited subtype of glaucoma. Different and rare coding mutations in myocilin, found in families throughout the world, are causal for early onset ocular hypertension, a key glaucoma risk factor. Myocilin is expressed at high levels in the trabecular meshwork (TM) extracellular matrix. The TM is the anatomical region of the eye that regulates intraocular pressure, and its dysfunction is associated with most forms of glaucoma. Disease variants, distributed across the 30 kDa olfactomedin domain (mOLF), cause myocilin to be sequestered intracellularly instead of being secreted to the TM extracellular matrix. The working hypothesis is that the intracellular aggregates cause a toxic gain of function: TM cell death is thought to lead to TM matrix dysfunction, hastening elevated intraocular pressure and subsequent vision loss.Our lab has provided molecular underpinnings for myocilin structure and misfolding, placing myocilin-associated glaucoma within the context of amyloid diseases like Alzheimer and diabetes. We have dissected complexities of the modular wild-type (WT) myocilin structure and associated misfolded states. Our data support the model that full-length WT myocilin adopts a Y-shaped dimer-of-dimers conferred by two different coiled-coil regions, generating new hypotheses regarding its mysterious function. The mOLF β-propellers are paired at each tip of the Y. Disease-associated variants aggregate because mOLFs are less stable, leading to facile aggregation under physiological conditions (37 °C, pH 7.2). Mutant myocilin aggregates exhibit numerous characteristics of amyloid in vitro and in cells, and aggregation proceeds from a partially folded state accessed preferentially by disease variants at physiological conditions. Interestingly, destabilization is not a universal consequence of mutation. We identified counterintuitive, stabilizing point variants that adopt a non-native structure and do not aggregate; however, these variants have not been identified in glaucoma patients. An ongoing effort is predicting the consequence of any given mutation. This effort is relevant to interpreting data from large-scale sequencing projects where clinical and family history data are not available. Finally, our work suggests avenues to develop disease-modifying precision medicines for myocilin-associated glaucoma.
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- Raquel L. Lieberman
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr. NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr. NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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Elbehairy MM, Abdelnasser HY, Hanafi RS, Hassanein SI, Gad MZ. An intronic DHCR7 genetic polymorphism associates with vitamin D serum level and incidence of acute coronary syndrome. Steroids 2021; 169:108825. [PMID: 33741398 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2021.108825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to cardiovascular pathologies including acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Polymorphisms in vitamin D associated genes have been confounding to vitamin D serum levels and pathological predispositions. 7-hydrocholesterol is a common precursor in cholesterol and vitamin D synthesis. DHCR7/NADSYN1 genetic locus expresses 7-hydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7), an enzyme that recruits 7-hydrocholesterol in cholesterol biosynthesis, and NAD synthetase 1 (NADSYN1), which participates in the hydroxylation of 25 hydroxyvitamin D. AIM This study aims to correlate two polymorphisms in the DHCR7/NADSYN1 genetic locus with levels of circulatory vitamin D and the presentation of ACS in an Egyptian population. METHODS In a case control study, 189 ACS patients and 106 healthy control subjects were genotyped for SNPs rs11606033 of the DHCR7 gene and rs2276360 of the NADSYN1 gene using the amplification-refractory mutation system (ARMS). The levels of 25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3 were measured using an in-house developed and validated ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) based protocol. RESULTS ACS patients have significantly lower levels of circulating vitamin D in comparison to healthy controls. Allele A of the DHCR7 polymorphism was found to correlate with serum vitamin D deficiency and incidence of ACS classes: NSTEMI, STEMI and unstable angina, when compared to allele G. On the other hand, the NADSYN1 polymorphism rs2276360 correlated with serum 25(OH)D3 deficiency. Yet, no significant correlation was found with incidences of ACS. CONCLUSION We conclude that rs11606033, which is an intronic SNP between exon 4 and exon 5 of the DHCR7 gene, influences vitamin D serum abundance and more importantly ACS incidence.
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- Mariam M Elbehairy
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Egypt.
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Age and sex specific effects of APOE genotypes on ischemic heart disease and its risk factors in the UK Biobank. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9229. [PMID: 33927215 PMCID: PMC8085204 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88256-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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APOE genotypes are associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD), several other cardiovascular diseases and dementia. Previous studies have not comprehensively considered all genotypes, especially ε2ε2, nor associations by age and sex, although IHD incidence differs by sex. In the UK Biobank, including 391,992 white British participants, we compared effects of APOE genotypes on IHD and its risk factors. Compared to the ε3ε3 genotype, ε2ε2 was not clearly associated with IHD but was associated with lower plasma apolipoprotein B (apoB). The ε2ε3 genotype conferred lower IHD risk, systolic blood pressure (SBP), pulse pressure and plasma apoB than ε3ε3. ε3ε4 and ε4ε4 conferred higher IHD risk, higher pulse pressure and plasma apoB, but lower glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) than ε3ε3. The associations by age and sex were fairly similar, except ε2ε2 compared to ε3ε3 was marginally positively associated with IHD in the younger age group and nominally inversely associated with SBP in men. ε3ε4 compared to ε3ε3 was nominally positively associated with SBP in women. APOE genotypes affect IHD risk increasingly from ε2ε3, ε3ε3, ε3ε4 to ε4ε4, with similar patterns for pulse pressure and plasma apoB, but not for diabetes. Associations with blood pressure differed by sex. Greater understanding of products of APOE and their effects might generate targets of intervention.
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Li B, Zhan Y, Liang Q, Xu C, Zhou X, Cai H, Zheng Y, Guo Y, Wang L, Qiu W, Cui B, Lu C, Qian R, Zhou P, Chen H, Liu Y, Chen S, Li X, Sun N. Isogenic human pluripotent stem cell disease models reveal ABRA deficiency underlies cTnT mutation-induced familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Protein Cell 2021; 13:65-71. [PMID: 33884582 PMCID: PMC8776971 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-021-00843-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Bin Li
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China. .,Shanghai Key Lab of Birth Defect, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Determination of genetic scores to estimate disturbances in circulating lipid profile biomarkers of adolescents: A preliminary report. Nutrition 2021; 91-92:111246. [PMID: 34352587 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop genetic scores based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to lipid metabolism and evaluate whether they used to estimate disturbances in the circulating lipid profile biomarkers of adolescents. METHODS In a preliminary cross-sectional approach, 113 Brazilian adolescents (10-19 y of age) with cardiovascular disease risk factors were evaluated. Genetic scores from 20 SNPs related to lipid metabolism were calculated by codifying each of them as the rescaled sum of risk allele frequencies. All scores were distributed in classes between 0 (absence of risk alleles) and 10 (presence of all risk alleles) to evaluate the additive effect of risk alleles on the lipid profile outcomes in the same interval. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to evaluate the association between each score and blood lipid profile biomarkers. RESULTS Significant associations between genetic scores and unfavorable outcomes in all evaluated lipid profile biomarkers were found. The mean ± SD of the genetic scores for the circulating lipid profile biomarkers in the 0 to 10 scale were 4.4 ± 2 for triacylglycerol, 5.3 ± 1.5 for total cholesterol, 5.6 ± 1.2 for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, 4.9 ± 1.6 for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and 3.6 ± 1.9 for minimally modified low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. For each point obtained in each genetic score, a mean increase ± SE of 15.8 ± 4.2 mg/dL in triacylglycerol (P = 0.0001), 5.3 ± 1.7 mg/dL in total cholesterol (P = 0.0032), 4.8 ± 1.3 mg/dL in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.0003), and 1.1 ± 0.3 U/L in minimally modified low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.0020) and a mean decrease of 3.7 ± 0.7 mg/dL in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P < 0.0001) concentrations were obtained. CONCLUSION The calculated genetic scores could be used to estimate disturbances in circulating lipid profile biomarkers of adolescents and be applied in clinical practice to better target interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk throughout life.
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Nonterah EA, Crowther NJ, Oduro A, Agongo G, Micklesfield LK, Boua PR, Choma SSR, Mohamed SF, Sorgho H, Tollman SM, Norris SA, Raal FJ, Grobbee DE, Ramsay M, Bots ML, Klipstein-Grobusch K. Poor cardiovascular health is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in apparently healthy sub-Saharan African populations: an H3Africa AWI-Gen study. BMC Med 2021; 19:30. [PMID: 33563289 PMCID: PMC7874493 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01909-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The cardiovascular health index (CVHI) introduced by the American Heart Association is a valid, accessible, simple, and translatable metric for monitoring cardiovascular health in a population. Components of the CVHI include the following seven cardiovascular risk factors (often captured as life's simple 7): smoking, dietary intake, physical activity, body mass index, blood pressure, glucose, and total cholesterol. We sought to expand the evidence for its utility to under-studied populations in sub-Saharan Africa, by determining its association with common carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 9011 participants drawn from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. We assessed established classical cardiovascular risk factors and measured carotid intima-media thickness of the left and right common carotid arteries using B-mode ultrasonography. Adjusted multilevel mixed-effect linear regression was used to determine the association of CVHI with common CIMT. In the combined population, an individual participant data meta-analyses random-effects was used to conduct pooled comparative sub-group analyses for differences between countries, sex, and socio-economic status. RESULTS The mean age of the study population was 51 ± 7 years and 51% were women, with a mean common CIMT of 637 ± 117 μm and CVHI score of 10.3 ± 2.0. Inverse associations were found between CVHI and common CIMT (β-coefficients [95% confidence interval]: Burkina Faso, - 6.51 [- 9.83, - 3.20] μm; Ghana, - 5.42 [- 8.90, - 1.95]; Kenya, - 6.58 [- 9.05, - 4.10]; and South Africa, - 7.85 [- 9.65, - 6.05]). Inverse relations were observed for women (- 4.44 [- 6.23, - 2.65]) and men (- 6.27 [- 7.91, - 4.64]) in the pooled sample. Smoking (p < 0.001), physical activity (p < 0.001), and hyperglycemia (p < 0.001) were related to CIMT in women only, while blood pressure and obesity were related to CIMT in both women and men (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION This large pan-African population study demonstrates that CVHI is a strong marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, measured by common CIMT and importantly demonstrates that primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in this understudied population should target physical activity, smoking, obesity, hypertension, and hyperglycemia.
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- Engelbert A Nonterah
- Clinical Sciences Department, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana. .,Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Services, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Clinical Sciences Department, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana
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- Clinical Sciences Department, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana
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- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Institut de Recherché en Sciences de la Santé, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Nanoro, Burkina Faso
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- DIMAMO Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Department of Pathology and Medical Sciences, School of Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa
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- Institut de Recherché en Sciences de la Santé, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Nanoro, Burkina Faso
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Sydney Brenner Institute of Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Zhang X, Li R, Ritchie MD. Statistical Impact of Sample Size and Imbalance on Multivariate Analysis in silico and A Case Study in the UK Biobank. AMIA ... ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. AMIA SYMPOSIUM 2021; 2020:1383-1391. [PMID: 33936514 PMCID: PMC8075427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Large-scale biobank cohorts coupled with electronic health records offer unprecedented opportunities to study genotype-phenotype relationships. Genome-wide association studies uncovered disease-associated loci through univariate methods, with the focus on one trait at a time. With genetic variants being identifiedfor thousands of traits, researchers found that 90% of human genetic loci are associated with more than one trait, highlighting the ubiquity of pleiotropy. Recently, multivariate methods have been proposed to effectively identify pleiotropy. However, the statistical performance in natural biomedical data, which often have unbalanced case-control sample sizes, is largely known. In this work, we designed 21 scenarios of real-data informed simulations to thoroughly evaluate the statistical characteristics of univariate and multivariate methods. Our results can serve as a reference guide for the application of multivariate methods. We also investigated potential pleiotropy across type II diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis of arteries, depression, and atherosclerotic heart disease in the UK Biobank.
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- Xinyuan Zhang
- Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Optimal cholesterol treatment plans and genetic testing strategies for cardiovascular diseases. Health Care Manag Sci 2021; 24:1-25. [PMID: 33483911 DOI: 10.1007/s10729-020-09537-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is among the leading causes of death in the US. Although research has shown that ASCVD has genetic elements, the understanding of how genetic testing influences its prevention and treatment has been limited. To this end, we model the health trajectory of patients stochastically and determine treatment and testing decisions simultaneously. Since the cholesterol level of patients is one controllable risk factor for ASCVD events, we model cholesterol treatment plans as Markov decision processes. We determine whether and when patients should receive a genetic test using value of information analysis. By simulating the health trajectory of over 64 million adult patients, we find that 6.73 million patients undergo genetic testing. The optimal treatment plans informed with clinical and genetic information save 5,487 more quality-adjusted life-years while costing $1.18 billion less than the optimal treatment plans informed with clinical information only. As precision medicine becomes increasingly important, understanding the impact of genetic information becomes essential.
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Exercise and food supplement of vitamin C ameliorate hypertension through improvement of gut microflora in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. Life Sci 2021; 269:119097. [PMID: 33482189 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS Exercise and food supplement of vitamin C (VC) are beneficial to human health, especially for those who suffer from hypertension. Here we tend to explore if gut microflora is involved in the anti-hypertensive effects of exercise and VC-supplement therapies. MATERIALS AND METHODS With the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) model, the small intestine pathology and the fecal microbiota was analyzed along with the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (PICs and AICs) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the hypothalamus paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and intestine. KEY FINDINGS We found that both exercise and VC intake, individually or combined, were able to alleviate the blood pressure in the SHRs comparing to the normotensive control Wistar-kyoto (WKY) rats. The expression level of PICs in the PVN and intestine of the SHRs was down-regulated while the AICs were up-regulated after treatments, together with down-regulation of ROS in the PVN. At meantime, the gut pathology was dramatically improved in the SHRs with exercise training or VC intake. Analysis of the gut microflora revealed significant changes in their composition. Several important micro-organisms that were deficient in the SHRs were found up-regulated by the treatments, including Turicibacter and Romboutsia which are involved in the short-chain fatty acid production. SIGNIFICANCE Exercise training and VC intake individually can modify the gut microflora composition and improve the inflammatory state in both PVN and intestine, which contribute to their anti-hypertensive function. Combination of the two treatments enhanced their effects and worth to be considered as a non-medical aid for the hypertensive patients.
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Ye Y, Chen X, Han J, Jiang W, Natarajan P, Zhao H. Interactions Between Enhanced Polygenic Risk Scores and Lifestyle for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Lipid Levels. CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2021; 14:e003128. [PMID: 33433237 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.120.003128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Both lifestyle and genetic factors confer risk for cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia. However, the interactions between these 2 groups of risk factors were not comprehensively understood due to previous poor estimation of genetic risk. Here we set out to develop enhanced polygenic risk scores (PRS) and systematically investigate multiplicative and additive interactions between PRS and lifestyle for coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and LDL-cholesterol. METHODS Our study included 276 096 unrelated White British participants from the UK Biobank. We investigated several PRS methods (P+T, LDpred, PRS continuous shrinkage, and AnnoPred) and showed that AnnoPred achieved consistently improved prediction accuracy for all 6 diseases/traits. With enhanced PRS and combined lifestyle status categorized by smoking, body mass index, physical activity, and diet, we investigated both multiplicative and additive interactions between PRS and lifestyle using regression models. RESULTS We observed that healthy lifestyle reduced disease incidence by similar multiplicative magnitude across different PRS groups. The absolute risk reduction from lifestyle adherence was, however, significantly greater in individuals with higher PRS. Specifically, for type 2 diabetes, the absolute risk reduction from lifestyle adherence was 12.4% (95% CI, 10.0%-14.9%) in the top 1% PRS versus 2.8% (95% CI, 2.3%-3.3%) in the bottom PRS decile, leading to a ratio of >4.4. We also observed a significant interaction effect between PRS and lifestyle on triglyceride level. CONCLUSIONS By leveraging functional annotations, AnnoPred outperforms state-of-the-art methods on quantifying genetic risk through PRS. Our analyses based on enhanced PRS suggest that individuals with high genetic risk may derive similar relative but greater absolute benefit from lifestyle adherence.
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- Yixuan Ye
- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Y.Y., H.Z.), Yale University
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- Department of Statistics and Data Science (X.C., J.H.), Yale University.,Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (X.C., J.H.), Yale University
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- Department of Statistics and Data Science (X.C., J.H.), Yale University.,Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (X.C., J.H.), Yale University
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (W.J., H.Z.)
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- Center for Genomic Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (P.N.).,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (P.N.)
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- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Y.Y., H.Z.), Yale University.,Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (W.J., H.Z.)
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Salari N, Mansouri K, Hosseinian-Far A, Ghasemi H, Mohammadi M, Jalali R, Vaisi-Raygani A. The effect of polymorphisms (174G> C and 572C> G) on the Interleukin-6 gene in coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Genes Environ 2021; 43:1. [PMID: 33436103 PMCID: PMC7802194 DOI: 10.1186/s41021-021-00172-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is caused by the blockage of the coronary arteries. it is argued that there has an association between the Interleukin-6 gene and the occurrence of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, Due to the short half-life and high variability of Interleukin-6 (IL-6), limited studies have been performed on the association of serum levels of interleukin-6 with coronary artery disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between IL-6 gene polymorphisms and coronary artery disease. Methods This study was conducted as a meta-analysis of selected articles with no lower time limit and upto March 2020. Articles related to the subject were obtained by searching several data sources,such as the SID, IranDoc, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science (ISI), PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases. The heterogeneity of the studies was assessed using the I2 index in the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software. Results The GG genotype of the IL-6174 G> C polymorphism with a 0.8 odds ratio tended to reduce the risk of CAD by 20%. The odds ratio of CAD in CG and GG genotypes were found to be 1.16 and 1.48 times respectively, indicating the increasing effect of these two genotypes. In the IL-6-572 C>G polymorphism, CG and GG genotypes increased the risk of CAD by 1.21 and 1.27 times respectively, and the CC genotype tended to reduce the risk of CAD by 15%, considering the odds ratio of 0.85. Conclusion This study showed a relationship between IL-6174G> C and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) 572 C>G genes and coronary artery disease. Moreover, the protective effects of GG genotype in IL-6 gene 174 G> C and CC genotype in IL-6 gene 572 C>G gene were reported. The study also confirmed that the CG and CC genotypes of the G>C IL-6174 gene have an increasing effect on coronary artery disease. Moreover, CG and GG genotypes in the IL-6 gene 572 C>G increased the risk of developing CAD. It should be noted that the increased risk of developing CAD was limited to meta-analytic studies in reported literatures.
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- Nader Salari
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Business Systems & Operations, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK
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- Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Emmer BT, Sherman EJ, Lascuna PJ, Graham SE, Willer CJ, Ginsburg D. Genome-scale CRISPR screening for modifiers of cellular LDL uptake. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009285. [PMID: 33513160 PMCID: PMC7875399 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Hypercholesterolemia is a causal and modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. A critical pathway regulating cholesterol homeostasis involves the receptor-mediated endocytosis of low-density lipoproteins into hepatocytes, mediated by the LDL receptor. We applied genome-scale CRISPR screening to query the genetic determinants of cellular LDL uptake in HuH7 cells cultured under either lipoprotein-rich or lipoprotein-starved conditions. Candidate LDL uptake regulators were validated through the synthesis and secondary screening of a customized library of gRNA at greater depth of coverage. This secondary screen yielded significantly improved performance relative to the primary genome-wide screen, with better discrimination of internal positive controls, no identification of negative controls, and improved concordance between screen hits at both the gene and gRNA level. We then applied our customized gRNA library to orthogonal screens that tested for the specificity of each candidate regulator for LDL versus transferrin endocytosis, the presence or absence of genetic epistasis with LDLR deletion, the impact of each perturbation on LDLR expression and trafficking, and the generalizability of LDL uptake modifiers across multiple cell types. These findings identified several previously unrecognized genes with putative roles in LDL uptake and suggest mechanisms for their functional interaction with LDLR.
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- Brian T. Emmer
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Chemical Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Kim M, Kim SK. Genetic approaches toward understanding the individual variation in cardiac structure, function and responses to exercise training. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY 2021; 25:1-14. [PMID: 33361533 PMCID: PMC7756535 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2021.25.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for approximately 30% of all deaths worldwide and its prevalence is constantly increasing despite advancements in medical treatments. Cardiac remodeling and dysfunction are independent risk factors for CVD. Recent studies have demonstrated that cardiac structure and function are genetically influenced, suggesting that understanding the genetic basis for cardiac structure and function could provide new insights into developing novel therapeutic targets for CVD. Regular exercise has long been considered a robust non-therapeutic method of treating or preventing CVD. However, recent studies also indicate that there is inter-individual variation in response to exercise. Nevertheless, the genetic basis for cardiac structure and function as well as their responses to exercise training have yet to be fully elucidated. Therefore, this review summarizes accumulated evidence supporting the genetic contribution to these traits, including findings from population-based studies and unbiased large genomic-scale studies in humans.
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- Minsun Kim
- Department of Sports Science, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea
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- Department of Sports Science, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea
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McCoy MD, Hamre J, Klimov DK, Jafri MS. Predicting Genetic Variation Severity Using Machine Learning to Interpret Molecular Simulations. Biophys J 2020; 120:189-204. [PMID: 33333034 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Distinct missense mutations in a specific gene have been associated with different diseases as well as differing severity of a disease. Current computational methods predict the potential pathogenicity of a missense variant but fail to differentiate between separate disease or severity phenotypes. We have developed a method to overcome this limitation by applying machine learning to features extracted from molecular dynamics simulations, creating a way to predict the effect of novel genetic variants in causing a disease, drug resistance, or another specific trait. As an example, we have applied this novel approach to variants in calmodulin associated with two distinct arrhythmias as well as two different neurodegenerative diseases caused by variants in amyloid-β peptide. The new method successfully predicts the specific disease caused by a gene variant and ranks its severity with more accuracy than existing methods. We call this method molecular dynamics phenotype prediction model.
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- Matthew D McCoy
- Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC; School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia.
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia; Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
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Tan Y, Zhong W, Tang W, Fan J, Zhang X, Guo D, Wu X, Liu Y. Improvement of Molecular Diagnosis Using Domain-Level Single-Nucleotide Variants by Eliminating Unexpected Secondary Structures. Chemistry 2020; 26:16256-16260. [PMID: 32964533 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Identification of single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) is of great significance in molecular diagnosis. The problem that should not be ignored in the identification process is that the unexpected secondary structure of the target nucleic acid may greatly affect the detection accuracy. Herein, we proposed a conditional domain-level SNV diagnosis strategy, in which the subsequent SNV detection can only be carried out after eliminating the unexpected secondary structure of target DNA. Specifically, the target DNA is assembled into a rigid double strand, which makes folding the target DNA difficult and the unexpected secondary structure is eliminated. Based on this double-stranded structure, specially designed probes are used to detect double-stranded properties and report abundant domain-level oligonucleotide information to improve the effective information in the detection results and complete domain-level SNV diagnosis. If the unexpected secondary structure is not eliminated, the detector will first detect it and feed back to us, ensuring the accuracy of the subsequent detection results. With the occurrence (or not) of SNV and the change of the SNV site, in the proof-of-concept experiment, we successfully identified the four homologous sequences to be tested related to BRAF gene.
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- Yun Tan
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN, 518060, P. R. China
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Yarizadeh H, Bahiraee A, Asadi S, Maddahi NS, Setayesh L, Casazza K, Mirzaei K. The interaction between dietary approaches to stop hypertension and MC4R gene variant in predicting cardiovascular risk factors. INT J VITAM NUTR RES 2020; 92:376-384. [PMID: 33284034 DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Objective: The genetic variants near the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R), a key protein regulating energy balance and adiposity, have been related to obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. However, qualitative and quantitative aspects of diet may modulate the association of this polymorphism with obesity and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The aim of this study was to evaluate interactions among MC4R rs17782313, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and risk factors for CVDs. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 266 Iranian women categorized by body mass index (BMI) range of 25-40 kg/m2 as overweight or obese. CVD risk factors included waist circumference (WC), lipid profile, blood pressure, insulin circulation and fasting blood sugar (FBS). Insulin and FBS were used to calculate homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) Body composition was assessed by a multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analyzer, InBody 770 scanner. Results: The findings of this study show that high adherence to the DASH diet in the CC groups were associated with decreased SBP and DBP compared to the TT group. In addition, a significant difference between women with high adherence to the DASH diet compared to low adherence was observed for body weight (p < 0.001), fat free mass (FFM) (p = 0.01) and BMI (p = 0.02). Women with the CC genotype had higher insulin (mg/dl) (mean and SD, for TT: 14.6 ± 4.6, TC: 17.3 ± 9.2, CC: 15.3 ± 4.8, p = 0.04) and HOMA-IR (mean for and SD, TT: 3.1 ± 1.07, TC: 3.9 ± 2.4, CC: 3.2 ± 1.1, p = 0.01) than TT group. Inclusion of potential confounding variables (age, physical activity, BMI and daily caloric intake) did not attenuate the difference. Conclusion: Among overweight/obese Iranian women with the CC genotype, incorporating the DASH diet may serve as a dietary prescription to decrease CVD risk. A dietary intervention trial is warranted.
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- Habib Yarizadeh
- Students' Scientific Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Marieb College of Health and Human Services, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
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- Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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Kim SS, Dey KK, Weissbrod O, Márquez-Luna C, Gazal S, Price AL. Improving the informativeness of Mendelian disease-derived pathogenicity scores for common disease. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6258. [PMID: 33288751 PMCID: PMC7721881 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20087-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Despite considerable progress on pathogenicity scores prioritizing variants for Mendelian disease, little is known about the utility of these scores for common disease. Here, we assess the informativeness of Mendelian disease-derived pathogenicity scores for common disease and improve upon existing scores. We first apply stratified linkage disequilibrium (LD) score regression to evaluate published pathogenicity scores across 41 common diseases and complex traits (average N = 320K). Several of the resulting annotations are informative for common disease, even after conditioning on a broad set of functional annotations. We then improve upon published pathogenicity scores by developing AnnotBoost, a machine learning framework to impute and denoise pathogenicity scores using a broad set of functional annotations. AnnotBoost substantially increases the informativeness for common disease of both previously uninformative and previously informative pathogenicity scores, implying that Mendelian and common disease variants share similar properties. The boosted scores also produce improvements in heritability model fit and in classifying disease-associated, fine-mapped SNPs. Our boosted scores may improve fine-mapping and candidate gene discovery for common disease.
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- Samuel S Kim
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Pattarabanjird T, Cress C, Nguyen A, Taylor A, Bekiranov S, McNamara C. A Machine Learning Model Utilizing a Novel SNP Shows Enhanced Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease Severity. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11121446. [PMID: 33271747 PMCID: PMC7760379 DOI: 10.3390/genes11121446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a powerful approach for predicting outcomes based on patterns and inferences. Improving prediction of severe coronary artery disease (CAD) has the potential for personalizing prevention and treatment strategies and for identifying individuals that may benefit from cardiac catheterization. We developed a novel ML approach combining traditional cardiac risk factors (CRF) with a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a gene associated with human CAD (ID3 rs11574) to enhance prediction of CAD severity; Methods: ML models incorporating CRF along with ID3 genotype at rs11574 were evaluated. The most predictive model, a deep neural network, was used to classify patients into high (>32) and low level (≤32) Gensini severity score. This model was trained on 325 and validated on 82 patients. Prediction performance of the model was summarized by a confusion matrix and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (ROC-AUC); and Results: Our neural network predicted severity score with 81% and 87% accuracy for the low and the high groups respectively with an ROC-AUC of 0.84 for 82 patients in the test group. The addition of ID3 rs11574 to CRF significantly enhanced prediction accuracy from 65% to 81% in the low group, and 72% to 84% in the high group. Age, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and systolic blood pressure were the top 3 contributors in predicting severity score; Conclusions: Our neural network including ID3 rs11574 improved prediction of CAD severity over use of Framingham score, which may potentially be helpful for clinical decision making in patients at increased risk of complications from coronary angiography.
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- Tanyaporn Pattarabanjird
- Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; (T.P.); (C.C.); (A.T.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; (T.P.); (C.C.); (A.T.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA;
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; (T.P.); (C.C.); (A.T.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- Correspondence: (S.B.); (C.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; (T.P.); (C.C.); (A.T.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- Correspondence: (S.B.); (C.M.)
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