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Promoter polymorphism at the tumour necrosis factor/lymphotoxin-alpha locus is associated with type of diabetes but not with susceptibility to sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy

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Kaidonis, G and Craig, JE and Gillies, MC and Abhary, S and Essex, RW and Chang, JH and Pal, B and Pefkianaki, M and Daniell, M and Lake, S and Petrovsky, N and Burdon, KP, Promoter polymorphism at the tumour necrosis factor/lymphotoxin-alpha locus is associated with type of diabetes but not with susceptibility to sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy, Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, 13, (2) pp. 164-167. ISSN 1479-1641 (2016) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1177/1479164115616902

Abstract

AIM: To investigate, in a large cohort of 2494 individuals with diabetes mellitus, whether functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA) genes are associated with type of diabetes or presence of diabetic retinopathy.

METHODS: A total of 334 type 1 diabetes and 999 type 2 diabetes participants with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy, and 260 type 1 diabetes and 901 type 2 diabetes participants with no diabetic retinopathy or minimal non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, were genotyped for two single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs1800629 and rs361525).

RESULTS: The A allele of rs1800629 was associated with type 1 diabetes (p < 0.001; odds ratio = 0.62). After adjustment for age, sex, diabetes duration, HbA1c, hypertension and nephropathy, no significant association was found between rs1800629 or rs361525 and sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy.

CONCLUSION: An association between the A allele of rs1800629 and type of diabetes was found. No association was found between two promoter variants of TNF and LTA, and diabetic retinopathy in a large cohort of Caucasian patients with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

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Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:Diabetic retinopathy, genetics, tumour necrosis factor, lymphotoxin-alpha, diabetes
Research Division:Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Research Group:Ophthalmology and optometry
Research Field:Ophthalmology
Objective Division:Health
Objective Group:Clinical health
Objective Field:Clinical health not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:Burdon, KP (Professor Kathryn Burdon)
ID Code:107924
Year Published:2016
Web of Science® Times Cited:3
Deposited By:Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Deposited On:2016-03-31
Last Modified:2018-12-07
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