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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7187
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death, causing about 5 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Evidence for genetic influence on smoking behaviour and nicotine dependence (ND) has prompted a search for susceptibility genes. Furthermore, assessing the impact of sequence variants on smoking-related diseases is important to public health. Smoking is the major risk factor for lung cancer (LC) and is one of the main risk factors for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Here we identify a common variant in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 15q24 with an effect on smoking quantity, ND and the risk of two smoking-related diseases in populations of European descent. The variant has an effect on the number of cigarettes smoked per day in our sample of smokers. The same variant was associated with ND in a previous genome-wide association study that used low-quantity smokers as controls, and with a similar approach we observe a highly significant association with ND. A comparison of cases of LC and PAD with population controls each showed that the variant confers risk of LC and PAD. The findings provide a case study of a gene-environment interaction, highlighting the role of nicotine addiction in the pathology of other serious diseases.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AbenKatja K HKK, pubmed-author:AsinLauraL, pubmed-author:BergthorssonJon TJT, pubmed-author:BjornsdottirGydaG, pubmed-author:BlondalThorsteinnT, pubmed-author:DieplingerBenjaminB, pubmed-author:FlexAndreaA, pubmed-author:GellerFrankF, pubmed-author:GottsäterAndersA, pubmed-author:GudbjartssonDaniel FDF, pubmed-author:GudbjartssonTomasT, pubmed-author:GudmundssonJuliusJ, pubmed-author:GudmundssonLarus JLJ, pubmed-author:GulcherJeffrey RJR, pubmed-author:HaltmayerMeinhardM, pubmed-author:HansdottirIngunnI, pubmed-author:IngasonAndresA, pubmed-author:IsakssonHelgi JHJ, pubmed-author:IslaDoloresD, pubmed-author:JakobsdottirMargretM, pubmed-author:JonesGregory TGT, pubmed-author:JonssonSteinnS, pubmed-author:JonssonThorlakurT, pubmed-author:KiemeneyLambertus ALA, pubmed-author:KolbeinssonHalldorH, pubmed-author:KongAugustineA, pubmed-author:KristjanssonKristleifurK, pubmed-author:LindbladBengtB, pubmed-author:MagnussonKristinn PKP, pubmed-author:ManolescuAndreiA, pubmed-author:MatthiassonStefan ESE, pubmed-author:MayordomoJose IJI, pubmed-author:MuellerThomasT, pubmed-author:MuldersPeter F APF, pubmed-author:MurilloLauraL, pubmed-author:OlafsdottirOlofO, pubmed-author:OskarssonHogniH, pubmed-author:PolaRobertoR, pubmed-author:RafnarThorunnT, pubmed-author:RunarsdottirValgerdurV, pubmed-author:SaemundsdottirJonaJ, pubmed-author:SaezBertaB, pubmed-author:SkuladottirHallaH, pubmed-author:StaceySimon NSN, pubmed-author:StefanssonHreinnH, pubmed-author:StefanssonJon GJG, pubmed-author:StefanssonKariK, pubmed-author:SulemPatrickP, pubmed-author:ThorgeirssonThorgeir ETE, pubmed-author:ThorlaciusSteinunnS, pubmed-author:ThorleifssonGudmarG, pubmed-author:ThorsteinsdottirUnnurU, pubmed-author:TyrfingssonThorarinnT, pubmed-author:VidalMaria JMJ, pubmed-author:WisteAnnaA, pubmed-author:de VegtFemmieF, pubmed-author:van RijAndre MAM
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
452
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
638-42
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease.
pubmed:affiliation
deCODE Genetics, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland. thorgeir@decode.is
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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