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Mitochondrial DNA variation and disease susceptibility in primary open-angle glaucoma
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Singh, LN and Crowston, JG and Lopez Sanchez, MIG and Van Bergen, NJ and Kearns, LS and Hewitt, AW and Yazar, S and Mackey, DA and Wallace, DC and Trounce, IA, Mitochondrial DNA variation and disease susceptibility in primary open-angle glaucoma, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 59, (11) pp. 4598-4602. ISSN 1552-5783 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1167/iovs.18-25085
Abstract
Methods: A case-control comparison of age- and sex-matched cohorts of 90 primary open-angle glaucoma patients and 95 population controls. Full mitochondrial DNA sequences from peripheral blood were generated by next-generation sequencing and compared to the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence to define mitochondrial haplogroups and variants.
Results: Most subjects were of the major European haplogroups H, J, K, U, and T. Logistic regression analysis showed haplogroup U to be significantly underrepresented in male primary open-angle glaucoma subjects (odds ratio 0.25; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.09-0.67; P = 0.007; Bonferroni multiple testing P = 0.022). Variants in the mitochondrial DNA gene MT-ND2 were overrepresented in the control group (P = 0.005; Bonferroni multiple testing correction P = 0.015).
Conclusions: Mitochondrial DNA ancestral lineages modulate the risk for primary open-angle glaucoma in populations of European descent. Haplogroup U and rare variants in the mitochondrial DNA-encoded MT-ND2 gene may be protective against primary open-angle glaucoma. Larger studies are warranted to explore haplogroup associations with disease risk in different ethnic groups and define biomarkers of primary open-angle glaucoma endophenotypes to target therapeutic strategies.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | glaucoma, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), haplogroup |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Ophthalmology and Optometry |
| Research Field: | Ophthalmology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) |
| Objective Field: | Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders |
| UTAS Author: | Hewitt, AW (Professor Alex Hewitt) |
| ID Code: | 128518 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2018-09-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-03-18 |
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