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Supanji S, Perdamaian ABI, Anindita DA, Widayanti TW, Wardhana FS, Sasongko MB, Prayogo ME, Agni AN, Oka C. rs3753394 Complement Factor H (CFH) Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in Indonesian Population. BIO WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20214106001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) is one of the major factors for blindness and impaired visual acuity in elderly people. The aim of this study was CFH gene screening in Age-Related Macular Degeneration patients in Indonesia. This study was performed in 106 AMD patients and 104 controls for genomic markers in the Complement Factor H (CFH). The diagnosis of AMD was carried out by retinal specialists based on color fundus photography and optical coherence tomography. Informed consent was given to patients then proceed to blood sampling and recording of body parameters (BMI, smoking, other systemic diseases). CFH polymorphisms were then analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). There was no association between genetics polymorphism with nAMD. From the research can be inferred that association between genetics polymorphism with nAMD was insignificant.
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Associations of microRNAs, Angiogenesis-Regulating Factors and CFH Y402H Polymorphism-An Attempt to Search for Systemic Biomarkers in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225750. [PMID: 31731799 PMCID: PMC6887747 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains the leading cause of blindness in elderly people, but the pathophysiology of this disease is still largely unknown. We investigated the systemic expression of angiogenesis-regulating growth factors and selected miRNAs known to regulate angiogenesis in AMD patients. We also focused on possible correlations of their expression with the presence of CFH Y402H or ARMS A69S risk variants. A total of 354 AMD patients and 121 controls were enrolled in this study. The levels of angiogenesis-regulating factors were analyzed in plasma samples using Luminex technology. The expression of selected miRNAs was analyzed in peripheral blood plasma using real-time qPCR. The genetic analysis was performed with an Illumina NextSeq500 system. AMD was an independent factor associated with lower levels of angiogenin (β = −0.29, p < 0.001), endostatin (β = −0.18, p < 0.001), FGF-basic (β = −0.18, p < 0.001), PlGF (β = −0.24, p < 0.001), miRNA-21-3p (β = −0.13, p = 0.01) and miRNA-155-5p (β = −0.16, p = 0.002); and with higher levels of FGF-acidic (β = 0.11, p = 0.03), miRNA-23a-3p (β = 0.17, p < 0.001), miRNA-126-5p (β = 0.13, p = 0.009), miRNA-16-5p (β = 0.40, p < 0.001), miRNA-17-3p (β = 0.13, p = 0.01), miRNA-17-5p (β = 0.17, p < 0.001), miRNA-223-3p (β = 0.15, p = 0.004), and miRNA-93 (β = 0.11, p = 0.04). The expression of analyzed miRNA molecules significantly correlated with the levels of tested angiogenesis-regulating factors and clinical parameters in AMD patients, whereas such correlations were not observed in controls. We also found an association between the CFH Y402H polymorphism and miRNA profiles, whereby TT homozygotes showed evidently higher expression of miRNA-16-5p than CC homozygotes or TC heterozygotes (p = 0.0007). Our results suggest that the balance between systemic pro- and anti-angiogenic factors and miRNAs is vital in multifactorial AMD pathogenesis.
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Maugeri A, Barchitta M, Agodi A. The association between complement factor H rs1061170 polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive meta-analysis stratified by stage of disease and ethnicity. Acta Ophthalmol 2019; 97:e8-e21. [PMID: 30280493 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The strength of association between complement factor H (CFH) rs1061170 polymorphism and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) differs between AMD subtypes and ethnicities. The main aim was to provide a systematic review and an updated meta-analysis stratified by stage of disease and ethnicity. METHODS A literature search in the PubMed-Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science databases was conducted to identify epidemiological studies, published before September 2017, that included at least twp comparison groups (a control group with no signs of AMD and a case group of AMD patients). Genotype distribution, phenotype of the cases, ethnicity, mean age and gender ratio were collected. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95%CIs were estimated under the allelic, homozygous and heterozygous models. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses, by AMD subtype and ethnicity, were performed. RESULTS The meta-analysis included data of 27 418 AMD patients and 32 843 controls from 76 studies. In Caucasians, the rs1061170 showed a significant association with early AMD (OR: 1.44; 95%CI 1.27-1.63), dry AMD (OR: 2.90; 95%CI 1.89-4.47) and wet AMD (OR: 2.46; 95%CI 2.15-2.83), under an allelic model. In Asians, the rs1061170 showed a significant association with advanced AMD (OR: 2.09; 95%CI 1.67-2.60), especially wet AMD (OR: 2.24; 95%CI 1.81-2.77). CONCLUSION Our work provides a more comprehensive meta-analysis of studies investigating the effect of the CFH rs1061170 polymorphism on AMD risk. These findings not only improve the assessment of disease risk associated with the polymorphism, but also constitute a scientific background to be translated into clinical practice for AMD prevention.
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- Andrea Maugeri
- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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Sodi A, Passerini I, Bacherini D, Boni L, Palchetti S, Murro V, Caporossi O, Mucciolo DP, Franco F, Vannozzi L, Torricelli F, Pelo E, Rizzo S, Virgili G. CFH Y402H polymorphism in Italian patients with age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and Stargardt disease. Ophthalmic Genet 2018; 39:699-705. [PMID: 30285522 DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2018.1525753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The complement system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the CFH Y402H polymorphism has been suggested as a major risk factor for AMD. Recent evidences supported the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of some retinal dystrophies. Aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of CFHY402H polymorphism in a group of Italian patients affected by atrophic AMD, Stargardt disease (STGD), or retinitis pigmentosa(RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Our case-control association study included 116 patients with atrophic AMD, 77 with RP, 86 with STGD, and 100 healthy controls. All the patients were evaluated by a standard ophthalmologic examination and OCT. ERG was performed on STGD and RP patients. All the subjects underwent a blood drawing for genetic testing and the CFHY402H polymorphism was genotyped with the TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction single nucleotide polymorphism assay. RESULTS The prevalence of the risk genotype C/C was higher in the AMD group than in controls (p < 0.001). The risk allele C was more frequent in the AMD group than in controls (p < 0.001). The prevalence of the risk genotype was higher in the RP patients than in controls (p < 0.001) and similarly the risk allele C was more frequent in the RP group (p = 0.008). The CFHY402H genotype distribution was not different between patients with STGD and the controls, for the biallelic (p = 0.531) and for the monoallelic (p = 0.318) evaluation. CONCLUSIONS In our series of Italian patients, the CFHY402H genotype is associated with atrophic AMD and RP, but not with STGD. This result may support the hypothesis of a complement system dysregulation in the pathogenesis of AMD and RP.
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- Andrea Sodi
- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- b Department of Genetic Diagnosis , Careggi Teaching Hospital , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- c Clinical Trials Coordinating Center , Careggi Teaching Hospital , Florence , Italy
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- b Department of Genetic Diagnosis , Careggi Teaching Hospital , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- b Department of Genetic Diagnosis , Careggi Teaching Hospital , Florence , Italy
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- b Department of Genetic Diagnosis , Careggi Teaching Hospital , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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- a Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic , Careggi Teaching Hospital, University of Florence , Florence , Italy
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Mohamad NA, Ramachandran V, Ismail P, Mohd Isa H, Chan YM, Ngah NF, Md Bakri N, Ching SM, Hoo FK, Wan Sulaiman WA, Inche Mat LN, Hazmi Mohamed M. Analysis of the association between CFH Y402H polymorphism and response to intravitreal ranibizumab in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2018; 18:260-267. [PMID: 29579408 DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2018.2493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pharmacogenetic studies indicate that a variable response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy in patients with neovascular form of AMD (nAMD) may be due to polymorphisms in the complement factor H gene (CFH). This study is the first to investigate the association between CFH Y402H polymorphism and the response to ranibizumab therapy in Malaysian patients with nAMD. We included 134 patients with nAMD, examined between September 2014 and February 2016. The diagnosis of nAMD was confirmed by ophthalmologic examination, before ranibizumab therapy was started. Each patient received an intravitreal injection of 0.5 mg/0.05 ml ranibizumab following a treat-and-extend (TE) regimen. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) were recorded after 3 and 6 months following the first injection and compared with the baseline values. Genotyping of Y402H (rs1061170) polymorphism was performed using PCR-RFLP and the amplified product was digested with MluCI restriction enzyme. Association between the Y402H genotypes and response to treatment was determined by a logistic regression analysis of responder (n = 49) and non-responder (n = 84) group. Significantly worse mean BCVA was observed for the CC genotype compared to the TT + CT genotype in the total sample after 6-month follow-up (p = 0.018). Comparing the baseline and 6-month point measurements, improved mean BCVA was observed in responder group, while worse mean BCVA was recorded for non-responder group. However, our regression analysis, adjusted for confounding factors, showed no significant association between the Y402H genotypes and response to treatment in nAMD patients under the recessive model (p > 0.05). Overall, our results suggest that factors other than Y402H polymorphism may be involved in the progression of nAMD after treatment with anti-VEGF agents, in Malaysian population.
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- Nur Afiqah Mohamad
- Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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Age-related macular degeneration and mortality: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Eye (Lond) 2017; 31:1345-1357. [PMID: 28820184 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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AimsTo assess associations between features of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and mortality.MethodsA total of 21 129 participants from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study aged 47-85 years (60% female) were assessed for AMD (2003-2007). Mortality data to December 31, 2012 were obtained through linkage with the National Death Index. Associations were assessed using Cox regression, adjusting for age, sex, smoking, region of birth, education, physical activity, diet and alcohol.ResultsLate AMD was identified in 122 (0.6%) participants, including those with choroidal neovascularisation (n=55, 0.3%), geographic atrophy (n=87, 0.4%) and reticular pseudodrusen (n=87, 0.4%). After a median follow-up period of 8.1 years, 1669 (8%) participants had died, including those from cardiovascular diseases (386), tobacco-related cancers (179), and neurodegenerative disease (157). There was evidence of an increased rate of all-cause mortality for those with choroidal neovascularisation (Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.71 95% CI 1.06-2.76) and geographic atrophy (HR 1.46 95% CI 0.99-2.16). Choroidal neovascularisation was also associated with an increased rate of cardiovascular mortality (HR 3.16 95% CI 1.62-6.15) and geographic atrophy was associated with an increased rate of death from tobacco-related cancer (HR 2.86 95% CI 1.15-7.09). Weak evidence was also present for an association between choroidal neovascularisation and death from neurodegenerative disease (HR 2.49 95% CI 0.79-7.85). Neither reticular pseudodrusen nor the earlier stages of AMD were associated with mortality.ConclusionsLate AMD is associated with an increased rate of all-cause mortality. Choroidal neovascularisation and geographic atrophy were associated with death from cardiovascular disease and tobacco-related cancer, respectively.
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Dezidério Sacconi DP, Cabral de Vasconcellos JP, Endo Hirata F, MacCord Medina F, Rim PHH, Barbosa de Melo M. Evaluation of CFH Y402H polymorphism and CFHR3/CFHR1 deletion in age-related macular degeneration patients from Brazil. Ophthalmic Genet 2016; 37:459-461. [PMID: 26942649 DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2015.1120315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Campinas , Campinas , SP , Brazil
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- b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Campinas , Campinas , SP , Brazil
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- b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Campinas , Campinas , SP , Brazil
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- a Laboratory of Human Genetics , Center of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, University of Campinas , Campinas , SP , Brazil
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Plasma levels of amyloid beta and other proinflammatory mediators in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015; 253:1347-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-015-2970-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Current knowledge and trends in age-related macular degeneration: genetics, epidemiology, and prevention. Retina 2014; 34:423-41. [PMID: 24285245 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0000000000000036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To address the most dynamic and current issues concerning human genetics, risk factors, pharmacoeconomics, and prevention regarding age-related macular degeneration. METHODS An online review of the database Pubmed and Ovid was performed, searching for the key words: age-related macular degeneration, AMD, pharmacoeconomics, risk factors, VEGF, prevention, genetics and their compound phrases. The search was limited to articles published since 1985 to date. All returned articles were carefully screened and their references were manually reviewed for additional relevant data. The webpage www.clinicaltrials.gov was also accessed in search of relevant research trials. RESULTS A total of 366 articles were reviewed, including 64 additional articles extracted from the references and 25 webpages and online databases from different institutions. At the end, only 244 references were included in this review. CONCLUSION Age-related macular degeneration is a complex multifactorial disease that has an uneven manifestation around the world but with one common denominator, it is increasing and spreading. The economic burden that this disease poses in developed nations will increase in the coming years. Effective preventive therapies need to be developed in the near future.
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Genome-wide association studies: getting to pathogenesis, the role of inflammation/complement in age-related macular degeneration. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2014; 4:a017186. [PMID: 25213188 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, degenerative, and significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the elderly. Genetic and epidemiological studies have confirmed that AMD has a strong genetic component, which has encouraged the application of increasingly sophisticated genetic techniques to uncover the important underlying genetic variants. Although various genes and pathways have been implicated in the risk for AMD, complement activation has been emphasized repeatedly throughout the literature as having a major role both physiologically and genetically in susceptibility to and pathogenesis of this disease. This article explores the research efforts that brought about the discovery and characterization of the role of inflammatory and immune processes (specifically complement) in AMD. The focus herein is on the genetic evidence for the role of complement in AMD as supported specifically by genome-wide association (GWA) studies, which interrogate hundreds of thousands of variants across the genome in a hypothesis-free approach, and other genetic interrogation methods.
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Ross RJ, Verma V, Rosenberg KI, Chan CC, Tuo J. Genetic markers and biomarkers for age-related macular degeneration. EXPERT REVIEW OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2014; 2:443-457. [PMID: 17917691 DOI: 10.1586/17469899.2.3.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in the USA. Although the treatment of AMD has evolved to include laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, surgical macular translocation and antiangiogenesis agents, treatment options for advanced AMD are limited. Furthermore, the dry form of AMD, albeit less devastating than the wet form, has even fewer viable treatment options. This review summarizes the various biomarkers of AMD and analyzes whether or not they may one day be exploited to determine risks of disease onset, measure progression of disease or even assess the effects of treatment of AMD. Potential biomarkers are important to identify since some might be utilized to reflect the disease state of a particular patient and to individualize therapy. Although studies have yielded promising results for nutrient and inflammatory biomarkers, these results have been inconsistent. At present, the best available markers of AMD risk are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). SNPs in complement factor H (CFH) and PLEKHA1/ARMS2/HtrA1 capture a substantial fraction of AMD risk and permit the identification of individuals at high risk of developing AMD.
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- Robert J Ross
- National Eye Institute Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, Tel.: +1 301 435 4563, ,
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Proof of concept, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effect of simvastatin on the course of age-related macular degeneration. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83759. [PMID: 24391822 PMCID: PMC3877099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors are ubiquitous in our community yet their potential role in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains to be determined. Methodology/Principal Findings Objectives: To evaluate the effect of simvastatin on AMD progression and the effect modification by polymorphism in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and complement factor H (CFH) genes. Design: A proof of concept double-masked randomized controlled study. Participants: 114 participants aged 53 to 91 years, with either bilateral intermediate AMD or unilateral non-advanced AMD (with advanced AMD in fellow eye), BCVA≥20/60 in at least one eye, and a normal lipid profile. Intervention: Simvastatin 40 mg/day or placebo, allocated 1∶1. Main outcome measures: Progression of AMD either to advanced AMD or in severity of non-advanced AMD. Results. The cumulative AMD progression rates were 70% in the placebo and 54% in the simvastatin group. Intent to treat multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusted for age, sex, smoking and baseline AMD severity, showed a significant 2-fold decrease in the risk of progression in the simvastatin group: OR 0.43 (0.18–0.99), p = 0.047. Post-hoc analysis stratified by baseline AMD severity showed no benefit from treatment in those who had advanced AMD in the fellow eye before enrolment: OR 0.97 (0.27–3.52), p = 0.96, after adjusting for age, sex and smoking. However, there was a significant reduction in the risk of progression in the bilateral intermediate AMD group compared to placebo [adjusted OR 0.23 (0.07–0.75), p = 0.015]. The most prominent effect was observed amongst those who had the CC (Y402H) at risk genotype of the CFH gene [OR 0.08 (0.02–0.45), p = 0.004]. No evidence of harm from simvastatin intervention was detected. Conclusion/Significance Simvastatin may slow progression of non-advanced AMD, especially for those with the at risk CFH genotype CC (Y402H). Further exploration of the potential use of statins for AMD, with emphasis on genetic subgroups, is warranted. Trial Registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN1260500032065
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Abbas RO, Azzazy HME. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in CFH, ARMS2 and HTRA1 genes with risk of age-related macular degeneration in Egyptian patients. Ophthalmic Genet 2013; 34:209-16. [PMID: 23362846 DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2012.762934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly worldwide. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been linked to the risk of developing AMD. We aimed to examine the association between AMD and SNPs on CFH, ARMS2 and HTRA1 in Egyptians, a previously unstudied population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genomic DNA was extracted from 26 AMD patients and 20 controls. Genotyping was performed using PCR followed by allele-specific restriction digestion and direct sequencing. RESULTS CFH rs1061170 was significantly associated with AMD with the frequency of the risk C allele being 0.53 in patients and 0.17 in controls (p < 0.017). The odds ratio (OR) for the TC genotype was 5.5 (95% CI: 1.1-26.4) and for combined TC + CC genotypes was 8 (95% CI: 1.7-37.1). ARMS2 rs10490924 was also significantly associated with the risk allele T found at a frequency of 0.5 in AMD and 0.15 in controls (p < 0.017, χ(2) test). The OR for the TG genotype was 4.667 (95% CI: 1.2-18.4) and for combined TG + TT genotypes was 7 (95% CI: 1.8-26.5). HTRA1 rs11200638 also was significantly associated, with the risk allele A found at a frequency of 0.44 in patients and 0.17 in controls (p < 0.017, χ(2) test). OR for GA genotype was 5 (95% CI: 1.2-20.9) and for the combined GA + AA genotypes was 6 (95% CI: 1.4-24.7). CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrates significant association between AMD and rs1061170 on CFH, rs10490924 on ARMS2 and rs11200638 on HTRA1 in Egyptian patients. These findings are in agreement with previous findings in Caucasians.
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- Radwa O Abbas
- Department of Chemistry, The American University in Cairo , New Cairo , Egypt and
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Association between CFH Y402H polymorphism and age related macular degeneration in North Indian cohort. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70193. [PMID: 23922956 PMCID: PMC3726372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The purpose of the study was to determine serum complement factor H (CFH) levels in patients of age related macular degeneration (AMD) and examine its association with CFH Y402H polymorphism. 115 AMD patients and 61 normal controls were recruited in this study. The single nucleotide polymorphism was assayed by real time PCR and serum CFH levels were measured by ELISA and standardized to total serum protein. Chi-square test was applied to polymorphism analysis while Mann Whitney U-statistic for CFH-levels. Mendelian randomization approach was used for determining causal relationship. The genotype frequency differed between the AMD patients (TT- 18.3%, TC-41.3% and CC-40.4%) and controls (TT-76.3%, TC-13.6%, and CC-10.1%) (p = 0001). The frequency of alleles was also significantly different when AMD (T-39% and C-61%) was compared to controls (T-83% and C-17%) (p = 0.0001). Level of serum CFH was significantly lower in AMD patients as compared to normal controls (p = 0.001). Our data showed that the CFH Y402H polymorphism is a risk factor for AMD in the North Indian population. Mendelian randomization approach revealed that CFH Y402H polymorphism affects AMD risk through the modification of CFH serum levels.
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Gu BJ, Baird PN, Vessey KA, Skarratt KK, Fletcher EL, Fuller SJ, Richardson AJ, Guymer RH, Wiley JS. A rare functional haplotype of the
P2RX4
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genes leads to loss of innate phagocytosis and confers increased risk of age‐related macular degeneration. FASEB J 2013; 27:1479-87. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-215368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ben J. Gu
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre for Eye Research AustraliaUniversity of MelbourneRoyal Victorian Eye and Ear HospitalEast MelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Anatomy and NeuroscienceUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Nepean Clinical SchoolUniversity of SydneyNepean HospitalPenrithNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Anatomy and NeuroscienceUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Nepean Clinical SchoolUniversity of SydneyNepean HospitalPenrithNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Eye Research AustraliaUniversity of MelbourneRoyal Victorian Eye and Ear HospitalEast MelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre for Eye Research AustraliaUniversity of MelbourneRoyal Victorian Eye and Ear HospitalEast MelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Nepean Clinical SchoolUniversity of SydneyNepean HospitalPenrithNew South WalesAustralia
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Sundaresan P, Vashist P, Ravindran RD, Shanker A, Nitsch D, Nonyane BAS, Smeeth L, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE. Polymorphisms in ARMS2/HTRA1 and complement genes and age-related macular degeneration in India: findings from the INDEYE study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:7492-7. [PMID: 23060141 PMCID: PMC3490538 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Association between genetic variants in complement factor H (CFH), factor B (CFB), component 2 (C2), and in the ARMS2/HTRA1 region with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) comes mainly from studies of European ancestry and case-control studies of late-stage disease. We investigated associations of both early and late AMD with these variants in a population-based study of people aged 60 years and older in India. METHODS Fundus images were graded using the Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System and participants assigned to one of four mutually exclusive stages based on the worse affected eye (0 = no AMD, 1-3 = early AMD, 4 = late AMD). Multinomial logistic regression was used to derive risk ratios (RR) accounting for sampling method and adjusting for age, sex, and study center. RESULTS Of 3569 participants, 53.2% had no signs of amd, 45.6% had features of early amd, and 1.2% had late amd. CFH (RS1061170), C2 (RS547154), OR CFB (RS438999) was not associated with early or late AMD. In the ARMS2 locus, RS10490924 was associated with both early (adjusted RR 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13-1.33, P < 0.0001) and late AMD (adjusted RR 1.81, 95% CI: 1.15-2.86; P = 0.01); rs2672598 was associated only with early AMD (adjusted RR 1.12, 95% CI: 1.02-1.23; P = 0.02); rs10490923 was not associated with early or late AMD. CONCLUSIONS Two variants in ARMS2/HTRA1 were associated with increased risk of early AMD, and for one of these, the increased risk was also evident for late AMD. The study provides new insights into the role of these variants in early stages of AMD in India.
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- Periasamy Sundaresan
- From the Department of Genetics, Dr. G. Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- From the Department of Genetics, Dr. G. Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Centre for Vision & Vascular Science, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; and
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Liu MM, Chan CC, Tuo J. Genetic mechanisms and age-related macular degeneration: common variants, rare variants, copy number variations, epigenetics, and mitochondrial genetics. Hum Genomics 2012; 6:13. [PMID: 23244519 PMCID: PMC3500238 DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-6-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex and multifaceted disease involving contributions from both genetic and environmental influences. Previous work exploring the genetic contributions of AMD has implicated numerous genomic regions and a variety of candidate genes as modulators of AMD susceptibility. Nevertheless, much of this work has revolved around single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and it is apparent that a significant portion of the heritability of AMD cannot be explained through these mechanisms. In this review, we consider the role of common variants, rare variants, copy number variations, epigenetics, microRNAs, and mitochondrial genetics in AMD. Copy number variations in regulators of complement activation genes (CFHR1 and CFHR3) and glutathione S transferase genes (GSTM1 and GSTT1) have been associated with AMD, and several additional loci have been identified as regions of potential interest but require further evaluation. MicroRNA dysregulation has been linked to the retinal pigment epithelium degeneration in geographic atrophy, ocular neovascularization, and oxidative stress, all of which are hallmarks in the pathogenesis of AMD. Certain mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and SNPs in mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase genes have also been associated with AMD. The role of these additional mechanisms remains only partly understood, but the importance of their further investigation is clear to elucidate more completely the genetic basis of AMD.
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- Melissa M Liu
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1857, USA
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Adams MK, Simpson JA, Richardson AJ, Guymer RH, Williamson E, Cantsilieris S, English DR, Aung KZ, Makeyeva GA, Giles GG, Hopper J, Robman LD, Baird PN. Can genetic associations change with age? CFH and age-related macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:5229-36. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yücel D, Yılmaz M, Durukan AH, Özgül RK. Association of CFH Y402H Polymorphism with Both Forms of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Turkish Patients. Ophthalmic Genet 2012; 33:144-9. [DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2012.660225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Soysal Y, Inan ÜÜ, Küsbeci T, Imirzalioğlu N. Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Association ofCFHY402H andLOC387715A69S Polymorphisms in a Turkish Population. DNA Cell Biol 2012; 31:323-30. [DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- Yasemin Soysal
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Ali Çetinkaya Kampusu, Dekanlik Binasi, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ali Çetinkaya Kampusu, Ahmet Necdet Sezer Araştirma Hastanesi, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ali Çetinkaya Kampusu, Ahmet Necdet Sezer Araştirma Hastanesi, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Ali Çetinkaya Kampusu, Dekanlik Binasi, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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Clinical validation of a genetic model to estimate the risk of developing choroidal neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Hum Genomics 2012; 5:420-40. [PMID: 21807600 PMCID: PMC3525964 DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-5-5-420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Predictive tests for estimating the risk of developing late-stage neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are subject to unique challenges. AMD prevalence increases with age, clinical phenotypes are heterogeneous and control collections are prone to high false-negative rates, as many control subjects are likely to develop disease with advancing age. Risk prediction tests have been presented previously, using up to ten genetic markers and a range of self-reported non-genetic variables such as body mass index (BMI) and smoking history. In order to maximise the accuracy of prediction for mainstream genetic testing, we sought to derive a test comparable in performance to earlier testing models but based purely on genetic markers, which are static through life and not subject to misreporting. We report a multicentre assessment of a larger panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) than previously analysed, to improve further the classification performance of a predictive test to estimate the risk of developing choroidal neovascular (CNV) disease. We developed a predictive model based solely on genetic markers and avoided inclusion of self-reported variables (eg smoking history) or non-static factors (BMI, education status) that might otherwise introduce inaccuracies in calculating individual risk estimates. We describe the performance of a test panel comprising 13 SNPs genotyped across a consolidated collection of four patient cohorts obtained from academic centres deemed appropriate for pooling. We report on predictive effect sizes and their classification performance. By incorporating multiple cohorts of homogeneous ethnic origin, we obtained >80 per cent power to detect differences in genetic variants observed between cases and controls. We focused our study on CNV, a subtype of advanced AMD associated with a severe and potentially treatable form of the disease. Lastly, we followed a two-stage strategy involving both test model development and test model validation to present estimates of classification performance anticipated in the larger clinical setting. The model contained nine SNPs tagging variants in the regulators of complement activation (RCA) locus spanning the complement factor H (CFH), complement factor H-related 4 (CFHR4), complement factor H-related 5 (CFHR5) and coagulation factor XIII B subunit (F13B) genes; the four remaining SNPs targeted polymorphisms in the complement component 2 (C2), complement factor B (CFB), complement component 3 (C3) and age-related maculopathy susceptibility protein 2 (ARMS2) genes. The pooled sample size (1,132 CNV cases, 822 controls) allowed for both model development and model validation to confirm the accuracy of risk prediction. At the validation stage, our test model yielded 82 per cent sensitivity and 63 per cent specificity, comparable with metrics reported with earlier testing models that included environmental risk factors. Our test had an area under the curve of 0.80, reflecting a modest improvement compared with tests reported with fewer SNPs.
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Sofat R, Casas JP, Webster AR, Bird AC, Mann SS, Yates JRW, Moore AT, Sepp T, Cipriani V, Bunce C, Khan JC, Shahid H, Swaroop A, Abecasis G, Branham KEH, Zareparsi S, Bergen AA, Klaver CCW, Baas DC, Zhang K, Chen Y, Gibbs D, Weber BHF, Keilhauer CN, Fritsche LG, Lotery A, Cree AJ, Griffiths HL, Bhattacharya SS, Chen LL, Jenkins SA, Peto T, Lathrop M, Leveillard T, Gorin MB, Weeks DE, Ortube MC, Ferrell RE, Jakobsdottir J, Conley YP, Rahu M, Seland JH, Soubrane G, Topouzis F, Vioque J, Tomazzoli L, Young I, Whittaker J, Chakravarthy U, de Jong PTVM, Smeeth L, Fletcher A, Hingorani AD. Complement factor H genetic variant and age-related macular degeneration: effect size, modifiers and relationship to disease subtype. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41:250-62. [PMID: 22253316 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Variation in the complement factor H gene (CFH) is associated with risk of late age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Previous studies have been case-control studies in populations of European ancestry with little differentiation in AMD subtype, and insufficient power to confirm or refute effect modification by smoking. METHODS To precisely quantify the association of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP rs1061170, 'Y402H') with risk of AMD among studies with differing study designs, participant ancestry and AMD grade and to investigate effect modification by smoking, we report two unpublished genetic association studies (n = 2759) combined with data from 24 published studies (26 studies, 26,494 individuals, including 14,174 cases of AMD) of European ancestry, 10 of which provided individual-level data used to test gene-smoking interaction; and 16 published studies from non-European ancestry. RESULTS In individuals of European ancestry, there was a significant association between Y402H and late-AMD with a per-allele odds ratio (OR) of 2.27 [95% confidence interval (CI) 2.10-2.45; P = 1.1 x 10(-161)]. There was no evidence of effect modification by smoking (P = 0.75). The frequency of Y402H varied by ancestral origin and the association with AMD in non-Europeans was less clear, limited by paucity of studies. CONCLUSION The Y402H variant confers a 2-fold higher risk of late-AMD per copy in individuals of European descent. This was stable to stratification by study design and AMD classification and not modified by smoking. The lack of association in non-Europeans requires further verification. These findings are of direct relevance for disease prediction. New research is needed to ascertain if differences in circulating levels, expression or activity of factor H protein explain the genetic association.
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- Reecha Sofat
- Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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Silva RA, Moshfeghi AA, Kaiser PK, Singh RP, Moshfeghi DM. Radiation Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Semin Ophthalmol 2011; 26:121-30. [DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2011.554486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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C-reactive protein levels and complement factor H polymorphism interaction in age-related macular degeneration and its progression. Ophthalmology 2010; 117:1982-8. [PMID: 20605213 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2009] [Revised: 12/28/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the effect of elevated level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and its joint effect with the complement factor H (CFH) polymorphism on prevalent age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its progression. DESIGN Two-arm case-control study: (a) Study on prevalent AMD cases and population-based controls; (b) longitudinal study on AMD progression, comparing those in whom AMD progressed with those with no progression. PARTICIPANTS (a) A cross-sectional sample of 544 participants, of whom 312 had features of early or late AMD and 232 were controls; (b) a sample of 254 early AMD cases, followed for 7 years. METHODS The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia. Macular stereo photographs were graded for AMD according to the International Classification and Grading System. High-sensitivity CRP was measured in fresh serum, and genotyping was performed through the Australian Genome Research Facility. The association of CRP with outcomes was tested using multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, smoking, anti-inflammatory medications, and the CC genotype of the CFH gene. Risk factor interaction was explored using an additive model. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalent early AMD, prevalent late AMD, progressed AMD, and measures of risk factor interaction. RESULTS Elevated CRP levels were associated with late AMD: odds ratio (OR), 3.12; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.38-7.07. An association of elevated CRP with AMD progression was weaker: OR, 1.90 (95% CI, 0.88-4.10). A combination of elevated CRP and the CC (Y402H) genotype resulted in a super-additivity of the risks, with odds ratios of 19.3 (95% CI, 2.8-134) for late AMD, and 6.8 (95% CI, 1.2-38.8) for AMD progression, with the attributable proportion of risk owing to CRP-CFH interaction calculated at 26% for prevalent late AMD and 22% for AMD progression. CONCLUSIONS Synergistic influence of CRP levels and the at risk genotype of the CFH gene resulted in a super-additive risk for prevalent late AMD and AMD progression. Testing for the combination of these 2 risk factors to predict a high risk of AMD and its progression would allow for targeted trials of new intervention strategies.
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Nakanishi H, Gotoh N, Yamada R, Yamashiro K, Otani A, Hayashi H, Tsujikawa A, Shimada N, Ohno-Matsui K, Mochizuki M, Saito M, Saito K, Iida T, Matsuda F, Yoshimura N. ARMS2/HTRA1 and CFH polymorphisms are not associated with choroidal neovascularization in highly myopic eyes of the elderly Japanese population. Eye (Lond) 2010; 24:1078-84. [PMID: 19680273 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the genetic risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are associated with the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in highly myopic eyes of elderly Japanese. METHODS Highly myopic elderly Japanese patients with and without CNV were genotyped for three AMD-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), namely rs10490924 (A69S) of ARMS2, rs11200638 of HTRA1, and rs1061170 (Y402H) of complement factor H (CFH), with the TaqMan SNP assay. One hundred and eighty-three unrelated highly myopic (axial lengths>26.00 mm or refractive errors>-6.0 diopters) Japanese patients with CNV who were >or=50 years of age (mean age+/-standard deviation of 62.7+/-6.3 years) and 170 highly myopic patients without CNV who were >or=50 years old (62.3+/-7.1 years) were studied. The differences in the genotypic distributions for the three SNPs between the two groups were tested with the Trend chi2 test, and logistic regression analyses were performed for age and gender adjustment. RESULTS No significant difference was detected in the distribution of the three SNPs, rs10490924 (P>0.1), rs11200638 (P>0.1), and rs1061170 (P>0.5), between the two groups even after adjustments for age and gender differences. CONCLUSION The genetic risk factors of AMD related to these SNPs do not contribute significantly to the development of CNV in a highly myopic elderly Japanese population.
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- H Nakanishi
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex disorder of the eye and the third leading cause of blindness worldwide. With a multifactorial etiology, AMD results in progressive loss of central vision affecting the macular region of the eye in elderly. While the prevalence is relatively higher in the Caucasian populations, it has gradually become a major public health issue among the non-Caucasian populations (including Indians) as well due to senescence, rapidly changing demographics and life-style factors. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on large case-control cohorts have helped in mapping genes in the complement cascade that are involved in the regulation of innate immunity with AMD susceptibility. Genes involved with mitochondrial oxidative stress and extracellular matrix regulation also play a role in AMD pathogenesis. Majority of the associations observed in complement (CFH, CFB, C2 and C3) and other (ARMS2 and HTRA1) genes have been replicated in diverse populations worldwide. Gene-gene (CFH with ARMS2 and HTRA1) interactions and correlations with environmental traits (smoking and body mass index) have been established as significant covariates in AMD pathology. In this review, we have provided an overview on the underlying molecular genetic mechanisms in AMD worldwide and highlight the AMD-associated-candidate genes and their potential role in disease pathogenesis.
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Baird PN, Hageman GS, Guymer RH. New era for personalized medicine: the diagnosis and management of age-related macular degeneration. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2010; 37:814-21. [PMID: 19878229 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02136.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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It can be argued that age-related macular degeneration is one of the best characterized complex trait diseases. Extensive information related to genetic and environmental risk factors exists, and a number of different biological pathways are strongly implicated in its aetiology. Along with recent improvements in high throughput and relatively inexpensive genetic technologies, we are now in a position to consider developing a presymptomatic, personalized approach towards the assessment, management and treatment of this disease. We explore the applicability and challenges of this approach if it is to become commonplace for guiding treatment decisions for individuals with pre-existing disease or for those at high risk of developing it.
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- Paul N Baird
- Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Nonyane BAS, Nitsch D, Whittaker JC, Sofat R, Smeeth L, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE. An ecological correlation study of late age-related macular degeneration and the complement factor H Y402H polymorphism. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009; 51:2393-402. [PMID: 20042653 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate whether variation in the distribution of the risk allele frequency of the Y402H single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) across various ethnicities and geographic regions reflects differences in the prevalence of late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in those ethnicities. METHODS Published data were obtained via a systematic search. Study samples were grouped into clusters by ethnicity and geographic location and the Spearman correlation coefficient of the prevalence of late AMD and risk allele frequencies was calculated across clusters. RESULTS Across all ethnicities, AMD prevalence was seen to increase with age. Populations of European descent had both higher risk allele frequencies and prevalence of late AMD than did Japanese, Chinese, and Hispanic descendants. Results for African descendants were anomalous: although allele frequency was similar to that in European populations, the age-specific prevalence of late AMD was considerably lower. The correlation coefficient for the association between allele frequency and AMD prevalence was 0.40 (95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.36 to 0.84, P = 0.28) in all populations combined and 0.71 (95% CI = 0.02-0.94, P = 0.04) when people of African descent were excluded. CONCLUSIONS Evidence was found at the population level to support a positive association between the Y204H risk allele and the prevalence of AMD after exclusion of studies undertaken on persons of African ancestry. Data in African, Middle Eastern, and South American populations are needed to provide a better understanding of the association of late AMD genetic risk across ethnicities.
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- Bareng A S Nonyane
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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Pei XT, Li XX, Bao YZ, Yu WZ, Yan Z, Qi HJ, Qian T, Xiao HX. Association of c3 gene polymorphisms with neovascular age-related macular degeneration in a chinese population. Curr Eye Res 2009; 34:615-22. [PMID: 19899988 DOI: 10.1080/02713680903003484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether the genetic polymorphisms of complement factor 3 (C3) are associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Chinese population. METHODS A total of 123 unrelated Chinese Han patients with neovascular AMD and 130 control subjects were recruited. Their six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the C3 gene, one in the complement factor H (CFH) gene and two in the complement factor B (CFB) gene were characterized. Their genotypes, allele frequencies, and odds ratios were analyzed. RESULTS The G allele of the C3 IVS2 rs2250656, but not other tested C3 SNPs of rs2230205, rs10411506, rs2230199, rs339392, and rs163913, was significantly associated with a reduced risk for AMD in the Chinese population (OR 0.605, 95% CI 0.39-0.93, p = 0.023), even after adjusting for age, gender, smoking status, CFH rs1061170, CFB rs4151667, and CFB rs641153 allele status (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.35-0.96, p = 0.033). However, the C3 haplotype of A-A-C-A-T-T was identified as a statistically significant risk factor for neovascular AMD (OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.02-1.94). Furthermore, the C allele of the CFH rs1061170, but not the CFB rs4151667 and rs641153, was significnatly associated with increased risk for AMD (OR 3.09, 95% CI 1.55-6.15, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The G allele of C3 IVS2 rs2250656 may be a significantly protective factor for neovascular AMD in the Chinese population. This, together with low MAF of C3 R102G, may be partially responsible for the low prevalence of AMD in the Chinese population.
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- Xue-Ting Pei
- The People Eye Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Examining the relative influence of familial, genetic, and environmental covariate information in flexible risk models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:8128-33. [PMID: 19420224 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902906106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We present a method for examining the relative influence of familial, genetic, and environmental covariate information in flexible nonparametric risk models. Our goal is investigating the relative importance of these three sources of information as they are associated with a particular outcome. To that end, we developed a method for incorporating arbitrary pedigree information in a smoothing spline ANOVA (SS-ANOVA) model. By expressing pedigree data as a positive semidefinite kernel matrix, the SS-ANOVA model is able to estimate a log-odds ratio as a multicomponent function of several variables: one or more functional components representing information from environmental covariates and/or genetic marker data and another representing pedigree relationships. We report a case study on models for retinal pigmentary abnormalities in the Beaver Dam Eye Study. Our model verifies known facts about the epidemiology of this eye lesion--found in eyes with early age-related macular degeneration--and shows significantly increased predictive ability in models that include all three of the genetic, environmental, and familial data sources. The case study also shows that models that contain only two of these data sources, that is, pedigree-environmental covariates, or pedigree-genetic markers, or environmental covariates-genetic markers, have comparable predictive ability, but less than the model with all three. This result is consistent with the notions that genetic marker data encode--at least in part--pedigree data, and that familial correlations encode shared environment data as well.
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Seitsonen SP, Onkamo P, Peng G, Xiong M, Tommila PV, Ranta PH, Holopainen JM, Moilanen JA, Palosaari T, Kaarniranta K, Meri S, Immonen IR, Järvelä IE. Multifactor effects and evidence of potential interaction between complement factor H Y402H and LOC387715 A69S in age-related macular degeneration. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3833. [PMID: 19048105 PMCID: PMC2585793 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Variants in the complement cascade genes and the LOC387715/HTRA1, have been widely reported to associate with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of visual impairment in industrialized countries. Methods/Principal Findings We investigated the association between the LOC387715 A69S and complement component C3 R102G risk alleles in the Finnish case-control material and found a significant association with both variants (OR 2.98, p = 3.75×10−9; non-AMD controls and OR 2.79, p = 2.78×10−19, blood donor controls and OR 1.83, p = 0.008; non-AMD controls and OR 1.39, p = 0.039; blood donor controls), respectively. Previously, we have shown a strong association between complement factor H (CFH) Y402H and AMD in the Finnish population. A carrier of at least one risk allele in each of the three susceptibility loci (LOC387715, C3, CFH) had an 18-fold risk of AMD when compared to a non-carrier homozygote in all three loci. A tentative gene-gene interaction between the two major AMD-associated loci, LOC387715 and CFH, was found in this study using a multiplicative (logistic regression) model, a synergy index (departure-from-additivity model) and the mutual information method (MI), suggesting that a common causative pathway may exist for these genes. Smoking (ever vs. never) exerted an extra risk for AMD, but somewhat surprisingly, only in connection with other factors such as sex and the C3 genotype. Population attributable risks (PAR) for the CFH, LOC387715 and C3 variants were 58.2%, 51.4% and 5.8%, respectively, the summary PAR for the three variants being 65.4%. Conclusions/Significance Evidence for gene-gene interaction between two major AMD associated loci CFH and LOC387715 was obtained using three methods, logistic regression, a synergy index and the mutual information (MI) index.
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- Sanna P Seitsonen
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Zetterberg M, Landgren S, Andersson ME, Palmér MS, Gustafson DR, Skoog I, Minthon L, Thelle DS, Wallin A, Bogdanovic N, Andreasen N, Blennow K, Zetterberg H. Association of complement factor H Y402H gene polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008; 147B:720-6. [PMID: 18163432 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) share several epidemiological and biochemical features. The present study aimed to assess the possible influence of the AMD-associated complement factor H (CFH) Y402H (1277T > C) polymorphism on the risk of AD. Caucasian subjects (n = 800) meeting the criteria for probable (n = 717) or definite (n = 83) AD and Caucasian non-demented controls (n = 1265) were included in this multi-center case-control study, in which genotype and allele frequencies of the CFH 1277T > C polymorphism were determined and related to diagnosis, APOE genotype, Mini-Mental State Examination score (MMSE) and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers total-tau (T-tau), phospho-tau(181) (P-tau(181)), and beta-amyloid(1-42) (Abeta(1-42)). The AMD-associated CFH genotypes (1277CC and 1277TC) were overrepresented in subjects with AD as compared to control individuals (P = 0.029). Positive C carrier status was associated with an odds ratio (OR) for AD of 1.24 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.50). When APOE epsilon4 carrier status was included in the regression model, this association was even stronger (OR 1.34, 95% CI: 1.08-1.65, P = 0.007). Subgroup analysis showed that the association between CFH C allele positivity and AD was only evident for individuals carrying the APOE epsilon4 allele. Positive C carrier status was also associated with lower levels of CSF Abeta(1-42) selectively in the control group in an APOE epsilon4-independent manner (P = 0.003). In conclusion, the CFH 1277T > C polymorphism seems to influence the risk of AD and there appears to be an interaction between CFH 1277C and APOE epsilon4 alleles. The CFH 1277C allele may predispose patients for co-morbidity in AD and AMD.
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- Madeleine Zetterberg
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Section of Ophthalmology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Mölndal, Sweden.
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Seitsonen S, Järvelä I, Meri S, Tommila P, Ranta P, Immonen I. Complement factor H Y402H polymorphism and characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration lesions. Acta Ophthalmol 2008; 86:390-4. [PMID: 17995985 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01050.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE The Y402H polymorphism of the complement factor H (CFH) gene is associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in many populations. The reported genotype-phenotype correlations in the CFH Y402H polymorphism have not been pronounced and no studies on the effect of the polymorphism on the subgroups within wet AMD have been performed. In this study, we wanted to evaluate whether the CFH Y402H polymorphism has an effect on clinical variables in recent exudative AMD lesions. METHODS The study included 172 patients with exudative AMD. The size of AMD lesions and the presence and area of other AMD lesion variables were recorded in fluorescein angiography (FA) and analysed in relation to the Y402H genotypes. RESULTS The median lesion size (classic + occult choroidal neovascularization [CNV] + serous pigment epithelium detachment [PED] + haemorrhage, if present) was 8.15 mm(2) in patients homozygous for the CFH risk allele (CC), 7.50 mm(2) in heterozygous patients (CT), and 7.05 mm(2) in those with the normal genotype (TT) (p = 0.599). Areas of classic and occult CNV, combined, without serous PED or haemorrhage were 6.37 mm(2), 5.00 mm(2) and 5.18 mm(2), respectively (p = 0.407). There was a trend for CC patients to have more frequently minimally classic and less frequently predominantly classic lesion composition than CT or TT subjects. CONCLUSIONS We detected no clear impact of the CFH Y402H polymorphism on recent exudative AMD lesion characteristics. Although the complement cascade is implicated in CNV formation and scarring processes in the retina, the Y402H polymorphism appears relatively neutral in these functions.
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- Sanna Seitsonen
- Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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C2 and CFB genes in age-related maculopathy and joint action with CFH and LOC387715 genes. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2199. [PMID: 18493315 PMCID: PMC2374901 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Age-related maculopathy (ARM) is a common cause of visual impairment in the elderly populations of industrialized countries and significantly affects the quality of life of those suffering from the disease. Variants within two genes, the complement factor H (CFH) and the poorly characterized LOC387715 (ARMS2), are widely recognized as ARM risk factors. CFH is important in regulation of the alternative complement pathway suggesting this pathway is involved in ARM pathogenesis. Two other complement pathway genes, the closely linked complement component receptor (C2) and complement factor B (CFB), were recently shown to harbor variants associated with ARM. Methods/Principal Findings We investigated two SNPs in C2 and two in CFB in independent case-control and family cohorts of white subjects and found rs547154, an intronic SNP in C2, to be significantly associated with ARM in both our case-control (P-value 0.00007) and family data (P-value 0.00001). Logistic regression analysis suggested that accounting for the effect at this locus significantly (P-value 0.002) improves the fit of a genetic risk model of CFH and LOC387715 effects only. Modeling with the generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction method showed that adding C2 to the two-factor model of CFH and LOC387715 increases the sensitivity (from 63% to 73%). However, the balanced accuracy increases only from 71% to 72%, and the specificity decreases from 80% to 72%. Conclusions/Significance C2/CFB significantly influences AMD susceptibility and although accounting for effects at this locus does not dramatically increase the overall accuracy of the genetic risk model, the improvement over the CFH-LOC387715 model is statistically significant.
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Seitsonen SP, Jarvela IE, Meri S, Tommila PV, Ranta PH, Immonen IJ. The effect of complement factor H Y402H polymorphism on the outcome of photodynamic therapy in age-related macular degeneration. Eur J Ophthalmol 2008; 17:943-9. [PMID: 18050121 DOI: 10.1177/112067210701700612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been widely used in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The complement cascade has an important role in the tissue reactions occurring after PDT. The Y402H polymorphism of the complement factor H (CFH) gene has been identified as a risk factor for AMD. Since CFH is central in the regulation of the complement system the authors wanted to analyze whether the CFH Y402H polymorphism modifies the PDT outcome in AMD. METHODS A total of 88 patients having been treated with PDT and without further scheduled PDT sessions were analyzed. Depending on the situation at their final PDT session the patients were classified retrospectively as PDT-responders or PDT-nonresponders. All patients were genotyped for the CFH Y402H polymorphism. RESULTS The proportion of PDT-responders was 18/26 (69.2%) in patients homozygous for the CFH Y402H risk allele, 34/50 (68.0%) in heterozygous, and 7/12 (58.3%) in patients with the normal genotype (p=0.520). The median number of PDT treatments of the PDT-responders was three for all the genotypes. CONCLUSIONS The dysfunction of the CFH related to the risk of AMD and caused by the Y402H polymorphism does not modify the outcome of PDT. Genotyping for CFH Y402H cannot be used to select patients for this treatment.
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- S P Seitsonen
- Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Xing C, Sivakumaran TA, Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Joshi T, Smith W, Mitchell P, Iyengar SK. Complement factor H polymorphisms, renal phenotypes and age-related macular degeneration: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Genes Immun 2008; 9:231-9. [PMID: 18340363 DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Complement factor H (CFH) is a key regulator of the alternative pathway of complement and its mutations have been associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), suggesting that alternative pathway dysregulation is a common pathogenetic feature of these ocular and renal conditions. In this study we tested the hypothesis that common CFH variants have a global role in renal function in the Australian population-based Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES). We replicated the association of I62V with estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR; P=0.017) and creatinine clearance (CRCL; P=0.015). The minor allele of I62V (G) was deleterious: adding one copy of the G allele decreased GFR/CRCL by approximately 0.98 ml min(-1) per 1.73 m(2) (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.97, 0.99). We also replicated the association of Y402H with AMD and provided an unbiased estimate of population attributable risk (PAR). The minor allele of Y402H (C) was deleterious: the odds ratio estimate of CC genotype compared to TT was 1.87 (95% CI: 1.44, 2.45). The PAR of the C allele was estimated as 0.22 (95% CI: 0.15, 0.28). In summary, in the BMES population we confirmed the association between I62V and renal function, as measured by the estimated GFR, plus the association of Y402H with both early- and late-stage AMD.
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- C Xing
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Novel sequence elements define ancestral haplotypes of the region encompassing complement factor H. Hum Immunol 2008; 69:207-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2007] [Revised: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Goverdhan SV, Ennis S, Hannan SR, Madhusudhana KC, Cree AJ, Luff AJ, Lotery AJ. Interleukin-8 promoter polymorphism -251A/T is a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92:537-40. [PMID: 18310311 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.123190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS To determine whether four expression-related cytokine polymorphisms are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS DNA from 478 cases with AMD and 555 normal controls was genotyped for the pro-inflammatory IL1beta -511C/T, IL6 -174C/G, IL8 -251A/T and anti-inflammatory IL10 -1082G/A cytokine polymorphisms using the 5' nuclease TaqMan(R) assay for allelic discrimination. Associations with AMD were analysed using allelic frequencies. RESULTS The -251A allele of the IL8 promoter gene polymorphism was more prevalent in AMD patients than controls (p = 0.037, OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.44). Adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), current smoking and past smoking status did not alter the AMD association significantly (corrected p value = 0.043, OR = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.0 to 1.50). CONCLUSION The pro-inflammatory homozygous IL8 -251AA genotype is an important risk factor for AMD. This may have implications for future therapy with biological agents that could target this cytokine.
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- S V Goverdhan
- Clinical Neurosciences Division, Mailpoint 806, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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Moderate reduction of Norrin signaling activity associated with the causative missense mutations identified in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Hum Genet 2007; 122:615-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0438-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hamilton G, Proitsi P, Williams J, O'Donovan M, Owen M, Powell J, Lovestone S. Complement factor H Y402H polymorphism is not associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Neuromolecular Med 2007; 9:331-4. [PMID: 17999207 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-007-8013-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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There is evidence to suggest a role for immune dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and it has previously been shown that blood plasma levels of the protein complement factor H, a member of the alternative complement pathway, was specifically elevated in people with late-onset Alzheimer's disease. We have genotyped the common complement factor H Y402H polymorphism in a large case-control cohort to investigate association with late-onset Alzheimer's disease susceptibility and find no evidence that this SNP is associated with disease risk. However, it remains possible that another variant in this gene may modify susceptibility for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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- Gillian Hamilton
- MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration, Institute for Psychiatry, Kings College London, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Moshfeghi DM, Blumenkranz MS. Role of genetic factors and inflammation in age-related macular degeneration. Retina 2007; 27:269-75. [PMID: 17460581 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31802e3e9b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Complement factor H (CFH) has been implicated in the predisposition to advanced forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of this review is to highlight recent discoveries implicating single nucleotide polymorphisms on 1q32, 6p21, and 10q26 in the risk for development of AMD. In addition, the central role of CFH in the complement cascade and its role in the inflammatory hypothesis for AMD are reviewed.
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- Darius M Moshfeghi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
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Goverdhan SV, Hannan S, Newsom RB, Luff AJ, Griffiths H, Lotery AJ. An analysis of the CFH Y402H genotype in AMD patients and controls from the UK, and response to PDT treatment. Eye (Lond) 2007; 22:849-54. [PMID: 17464302 PMCID: PMC5989925 DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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AIM Mutation in the complement factor H (CFH) gene is an important risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, we identified the strength of the CFH Y402H gene variant association in a UK AMD cohort and tested the hypothesis that this variant may influence the biological response of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) following photodynamic therapy (PDT) for CNV. METHODS A total of 557 cases with AMD and 551 normal controls were genotyped for the CFH Y402H (1277 C/T) variant using the 5' nuclease TaqMan assay for allelic discrimination. The CFH gene association for AMD, for the different CNV subtypes and for patients needing PDT was estimated. Twenty-seven PDT-treated patients were followed up for 15 months with ETDRS-derived vision, clinical examination, and fundus angiography. Individuals with different CFH genotypes were then analysed for any association with visual change following PDT. RESULTS The risk association for AMD with the CFH CC genotype (odd ratio (OR)=3.62, Pc<0.0001) was similar to that reported in other Caucasian cohorts. The magnitude and strength of this association was stronger in AREDS stages 2-4 (ORs=4.48, 2.69, and 5.17). ORs for the risk of predominantly classic CNV were significantly raised for both the CC (OR=17.87, P<0.0001) and CT (OR=9.06, P=0.0002) genotypes. The number of patients carrying the high-risk C allele was 70.4% in those requiring PDT as compared to 52.3% in the non-PDT group (OR=2.16, P=0.011), and presence of the CC genotype significantly increased the risk of PDT (OR=5.48, P=0.015). The degree of visual loss following PDT was significantly higher in the CFH CC genotype group (P=0.038); 50% of CC cases (n=13) and 45% of the CT cases (n=12) lost 15 or more ETDRS letters at final follow-up. CONCLUSION In this UK cohort of AMD patients, the CFH Y402H variant was significantly enriched in patients with predominantly classic CNV. Patients homozygous for the CFH Y402H genotype seem to have worse visual acuity after PDT.
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- SV Goverdhan
- Clinical Neurosciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
- Southampton Eye Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton Eye Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton Eye Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton Eye Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Clinical Neurosciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Clinical Neurosciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
- Southampton Eye Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Pulido JS, McConnell JP, Lennon RJ, Bryant SC, Peterson LM, Berger PB, Somers V, Highsmith WE. Relationship between age-related macular degeneration-associated variants of complement factor H and LOC387715 with coronary artery disease. Mayo Clin Proc 2007; 82:301-7. [PMID: 17352366 DOI: 10.4065/82.3.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether either of the gene variants associated with age-related macular degeneration is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). PATIENTS AND METHODS This study consisted of 493 patients who underwent clinically indicated coronary angiography between June 1, 1998, and January 1, 1999. The Y402H variant of the complement factor H (CFH) gene and the A69S variant of the LOC387715 gene locus were examined by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess the association of CFH and LOC gene variants with CAD. Covariates with well-established associations with CAD were also evaluated. RESULTS Seventy patients (14%) were homozygous for the histidine variant (HH) of CFH, 237 (48%) were heterozygous for the histidine variant (HY), and 186 (38%) were homozygous for the tyrosine variant (YY). Three hundred eight patients (62%) were homozygous for the alanine allele of LOC387715, 170 (34%) were heterozygous for Ala and Ser alleles, and 15 (3%) were homozygous for the serine variant. The overall association of the CFH genotype with CAD was not statistically significant (P=.08). However, some evidence (P=-.046) suggested that CAD was increased for the HH genotype compared to the homozygous wild-type YY genotype (odds ratio, 1.95; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-3.76). Male sex, hypertension, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and age were other variables that demonstrated significant associations with CAD. The overall effect of the LOC genotype was not statistically significant (P=-.06). Heterozygosity for the serine variant was (P=-.02) associated with the absence of CAD vs the AS genotype (odds ratio, 0.59; confidence interval, 0.38-0.91; P=-.02). CONCLUSION The CFH genotype may have an independent association with CAD, although our evidence did not show statistical significance. Controlling for known risk factors, the age-related macular degeneration-associated HH variant appears to be associated with CAD. The LOC387715 gene may also play a role in CAD.
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- Jose S Pulido
- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
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