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A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes.

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Chung, C-M; Lin, T-H; Chen, J-W; Leu, H-B; Yang, H-C; Ho, H-Y; Ting, C-T; Sheu, S-H; Tsai, W-C; Chen, J-H; Lin, S-J; Chen, Y-T; Pan, W-H
Published in: Diabetes
September 2011

OBJECTIVE: The plasma adiponectin level, a potential upstream and internal facet of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, has a reasonably high heritability. Whether other novel genes influence the variation in adiponectin level and the roles of these genetic variants on subsequent clinical outcomes has not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, we aimed not only to identify genetic variants modulating plasma adiponectin levels but also to investigate whether these variants are associated with adiponectin-related metabolic traits and cardiovascular diseases. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with high molecular weight forms of adiponectin levels by genotyping 382 young-onset hypertensive (YOH) subjects with Illumina HumanHap550 SNP chips. The culpable single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants responsible for lowered adiponectin were then confirmed in another 559 YOH subjects, and the association of these SNP variants with the risk of metabolic syndrome (MS), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and ischemic stroke was examined in an independent community-based prospective cohort, the CardioVascular Disease risk FACtors Two-township Study (CVDFACTS, n = 3,350). RESULTS: The SNP (rs4783244) most significantly associated with adiponectin levels was located in intron 1 of the T-cadherin (CDH13) gene in the first stage (P = 7.57 × 10(-9)). We replicated and confirmed the association between rs4783244 and plasma adiponectin levels in an additional 559 YOH subjects (P = 5.70 × 10(-17)). This SNP was further associated with the risk of MS (odds ratio [OR] = 1.42, P = 0.027), T2DM in men (OR = 3.25, P = 0.026), and ischemic stroke (OR = 2.13, P = 0.002) in the CVDFACTS. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicated the role of T-cadherin in modulating adiponectin levels and the involvement of CDH13 or adiponectin in the development of cardiometabolic diseases.

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Diabetes

DOI

EISSN

1939-327X

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

60

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2417 / 2423

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Quantitative Trait Loci
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Genotype
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
 

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Chung, C.-M., Lin, T.-H., Chen, J.-W., Leu, H.-B., Yang, H.-C., Ho, H.-Y., … Pan, W.-H. (2011). A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes. Diabetes, 60(9), 2417–2423. https://doi.org/10.2337/db10-1321
Chung, Chia-Min, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Hsin-Bang Leu, Hsin-Chou Yang, Hung-Yun Ho, Chih-Tai Ting, et al. “A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes.Diabetes 60, no. 9 (September 2011): 2417–23. https://doi.org/10.2337/db10-1321.
Chung C-M, Lin T-H, Chen J-W, Leu H-B, Yang H-C, Ho H-Y, et al. A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes. Diabetes. 2011 Sep;60(9):2417–23.
Chung, Chia-Min, et al. “A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes.Diabetes, vol. 60, no. 9, Sept. 2011, pp. 2417–23. Pubmed, doi:10.2337/db10-1321.
Chung C-M, Lin T-H, Chen J-W, Leu H-B, Yang H-C, Ho H-Y, Ting C-T, Sheu S-H, Tsai W-C, Chen J-H, Lin S-J, Chen Y-T, Pan W-H. A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes. Diabetes. 2011 Sep;60(9):2417–2423.

Published In

Diabetes

DOI

EISSN

1939-327X

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

60

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2417 / 2423

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stroke
  • Quantitative Trait Loci
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Genotype
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease