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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
Glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1 (GFAT) is the rate-limiting enzyme of the hexosamine pathway that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. As such, we hypothesized that GFPT1, which encodes for GFAT, may confer genetic susceptibility to this complication among Caucasians. Screening of all known functional regions of GFPT1 revealed six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were located in the promoter, introns, and 3' untranslated region. The approximately 60 kb GFPT1 locus was encompassed in a single conserved haplotype block, and two tagging SNPs were sufficient to capture >90% of the haplotype diversity. Analysis of these SNPs in a case-control study made up of type 1 diabetic subjects (324 case subjects with diabetic nephropathy and 289 control subjects with normoalbuminuria despite >15 years of diabetes) revealed no significant association even after stratification by sex, diabetes duration, glucose control, and blood pressure. Similar results were obtained among type 2 diabetic subjects (202 case and 114 control subjects). Genetic variation in GFPT1 is thus unlikely to have a major impact on susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
865-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Scrutiny of the glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1 (GFPT1) locus reveals conserved haplotype block structure not associated with diabetic nephropathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.