OBJECTIVE The angiotensin-converting enzyme gene is one of the most studied candidate genes related to atrial fibrillation. Among the polymorphisms of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene, the 2350 G/A polymorphism (rs4343) is known to have the most significant effects on the plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme concentration. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of...

BACKGROUND Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a potent immunoregulatory molecule that suppresses antitumor response by downregulating T cell activation. The most studied +49A>G polymorphism of the CTLA-4 gene has been associated with several autoimmune diseases. However, little is known about the association between this functional polymorphism of CTLA-4 and cancer prognosis. OBJECT...

Background: Warfarin is a common anticoagulant drug that has a narrow therapeutic index; higher dose causes excessive bleeding and lower dose leads to cerebrovascular clotting and stroke in patients. Genetic factors that have been associated with warfarin response are the genes of cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9), which metabolize the more active S-enantiomer of warfarin, and vitamin K epoxide redu...

BACKGROUND Reproducibility of results is important for the validity of genetic association studies. Recently, 3 functional polymorphisms, G(-930)A in CYBA, T481S in CLCNKB, and E65K in KCNMB1, were reported to be associated with blood pressure (BP) status and the aim of this study was to confirm those findings using a large cohort representing the general Japanese population. METHODS AND RESU...

background: warfarin is a common anticoagulant drug that has a narrow therapeutic index; higher dose causes excessive bleeding and lower dose leads to cerebrovascular clotting and stroke in patients. genetic factors that have been associated with warfarin response are the genes of cytochrome p450 2c9 (cyp2c9), which metabolize the more active s-enantiomer of warfarin, and vitamin k epoxide redu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The association between TNF-α -308 G/A polymorphism and COPD remains controversial due to insufficiently strict study designs and small group sizes among different studies. In the present study, a meta-analysis update which followed a stricter procedure was performed to obtain a clearer understanding of this association. METHODS A comprehensive database search was con...

We conducted a study to analyze the association of three common SNPs of IL-17A rs2275913 and rs3748067 and IL-17F rs763780 gene polymorphisms with the risk of cervical cancer in a Chinese population. Our study included 352 cervical cancer patients and 352 controls between January 2013 and December 2014. Genotyping of IL-17A rs2275913 and rs3748067 and IL-17F rs763780 genes was performed by mult...

Previous studies have found associations between polymorphisms in T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) and increased risks of various cancers. However, the association between TIM-3 polymorphisms and breast cancer (BC) remains uncertain. In this study, a total of 560 BC patients and 583 age, sex, and ethnicity-matched healthy controls from Northwest China were included. The polymorp...

Vitiligo is an acquired depigmentary disorder of the skin, characterized by multiple susceptibility loci and genetic heterogeneity. The etiology of vitiligo is unknown but several hypotheses, including an autoimmune origin, have been proposed. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, a pleiotropic proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play a critical role in several autoimmune diseases including vi...

BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by alterations in dopaminergic neurotransmission. Genetic polymorphisms involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission may influence susceptibility to PD. METHODS We investigated the relationship of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), monoamine oxidase B (MAOB), dopamine receptor (DR) D2 and DRD4 polymorphisms and PD risk with special attentio...