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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Two chemokine receptor CX3CR1 gene variants, V249I and T280M, have been implicated in coronary artery diseases (CAD). Currently no consistent effect has been revealed and their role in cardiovascular disease is still conflicting. In the present study the association of CX3CR1 genotypes with CAD and myocardial infarction (MI) was investigated in the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) cohort, including 3316 individuals in whom cardiovascular disease angiographically has been defined or ruled out. Similarly to previous studies, the alleles I249 and M280 were in strong linkage disequilibrium and formed an I(249)M(280) haplotype. However, there was no relationship between CX3CR1 genotypes or corresponding haplotypes and the prevalence of CAD or MI. Adjusted for classical risk factors (age, sex, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking), the odds ratio (OR) of V249I for CAD was 0.95 (95% confidence interval (CI)=0.78-1.15, p=0.61). The OR of T280M for CAD was 0.83 (95% CI=0.66-1.04, p=0.11). Furthermore, CX3CR1 variants were not associated with C-reactive protein levels, age at onset of CAD, severity of CAD and MI. In conclusion, present data of LURIC do not support the hypothesis that common variants of the CX3CR1 gene are associated with the presence of CAD or MI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1096-0023
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
224-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of polymorphisms in the chemokine receptor CX3CR1 gene with coronary artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University, Graz, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article