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A genome-wide association study suggests new evidence for an association of the NADPH Oxidase 4 (NOX4) gene with severe diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes

Meng, Weihua ; Shah, Kaanan P. ; Pollack, Samuela ; Toppila, Iiro ; Hebert, Harry L. ; McCarthy, Mark I. ; Groop, Leif LU ; Ahlqvist, Emma LU ; Lyssenko, Valeriya LU and Agardh, Elisabet LU , et al. (2018) In Acta Ophthalmologica 96(7). p.811-819
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Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common eye complication in patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study is to identify genetic factors contributing to severe diabetic retinopathy. Methods: A genome-wide association approach was applied. In the Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland (GoDARTS) datasets, cases of severe diabetic retinopathy were defined as type 2 diabetic patients who were ever graded as having severe background retinopathy (Level R3) or proliferative retinopathy (Level R4) in at least one eye according to the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Scheme or who were once treated by laser photocoagulation. Controls were diabetic individuals whose longitudinal retinopathy screening records... (More)

Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common eye complication in patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study is to identify genetic factors contributing to severe diabetic retinopathy. Methods: A genome-wide association approach was applied. In the Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland (GoDARTS) datasets, cases of severe diabetic retinopathy were defined as type 2 diabetic patients who were ever graded as having severe background retinopathy (Level R3) or proliferative retinopathy (Level R4) in at least one eye according to the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Scheme or who were once treated by laser photocoagulation. Controls were diabetic individuals whose longitudinal retinopathy screening records were either normal (Level R0) or only with mild background retinopathy (Level R1) in both eyes. Significant Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) were taken forward for meta-analysis using multiple Caucasian cohorts. Results: Five hundred and sixty cases of type 2 diabetes with severe diabetic retinopathy and 4,106 controls were identified in the GoDARTS cohort. We revealed that rs3913535 in the NADPH Oxidase 4 (NOX4) gene reached a p value of 4.05 × 10−9. Two nearby SNPs, rs10765219 and rs11018670 also showed promising p values (p values = 7.41 × 10−8 and 1.23 × 10−8, respectively). In the meta-analysis using multiple Caucasian cohorts (excluding GoDARTS), rs10765219 and rs11018670 showed associations for diabetic retinopathy (p = 0.003 and 0.007, respectively), while the p value of rs3913535 was not significant (p = 0.429). Conclusion: This genome-wide association study of severe diabetic retinopathy suggests new evidence for the involvement of the NOX4 gene.

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diabetes, diabetic complications, diabetic retinopathy, genome-wide association study, NOX4
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Acta Ophthalmologica
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96
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7
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811 - 819
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • pmid:30178632
  • scopus:85053387671
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1755-375X
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10.1111/aos.13769
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common eye complication in patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study is to identify genetic factors contributing to severe diabetic retinopathy. Methods: A genome-wide association approach was applied. In the Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland (GoDARTS) datasets, cases of severe diabetic retinopathy were defined as type 2 diabetic patients who were ever graded as having severe background retinopathy (Level R3) or proliferative retinopathy (Level R4) in at least one eye according to the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Scheme or who were once treated by laser photocoagulation. Controls were diabetic individuals whose longitudinal retinopathy screening records were either normal (Level R0) or only with mild background retinopathy (Level R1) in both eyes. Significant Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) were taken forward for meta-analysis using multiple Caucasian cohorts. Results: Five hundred and sixty cases of type 2 diabetes with severe diabetic retinopathy and 4,106 controls were identified in the GoDARTS cohort. We revealed that rs3913535 in the NADPH Oxidase 4 (NOX4) gene reached a p value of 4.05 × 10<sup>−9</sup>. Two nearby SNPs, rs10765219 and rs11018670 also showed promising p values (p values = 7.41 × 10<sup>−8</sup> and 1.23 × 10<sup>−8</sup>, respectively). In the meta-analysis using multiple Caucasian cohorts (excluding GoDARTS), rs10765219 and rs11018670 showed associations for diabetic retinopathy (p = 0.003 and 0.007, respectively), while the p value of rs3913535 was not significant (p = 0.429). Conclusion: This genome-wide association study of severe diabetic retinopathy suggests new evidence for the involvement of the NOX4 gene.</p>}},
  author       = {{Meng, Weihua and Shah, Kaanan P. and Pollack, Samuela and Toppila, Iiro and Hebert, Harry L. and McCarthy, Mark I. and Groop, Leif and Ahlqvist, Emma and Lyssenko, Valeriya and Agardh, Elisabet and Daniell, Mark and Kaidonis, Georgia and Craig, Jamie E. and Mitchell, Paul and Liew, Gerald and Kifley, Annette and Wang, Jie Jin and Christiansen, Mark W. and Jensen, Richard A. and Penman, Alan and Hancock, Heather A. and Chen, Ching J. and Correa, Adolfo and Kuo, Jane Z. and Li, Xiaohui and Chen, Yii der I. and Rotter, Jerome I. and Klein, Ronald and Klein, Barbara and Wong, Tien Y. and Morris, Andrew D. and Doney, Alexander S.F. and Colhoun, Helen M. and Price, Alkes L. and Burdon, Kathryn P. and Groop, Per Henrik and Sandholm, Niina and Grassi, Michael A. and Sobrin, Lucia and Palmer, Colin N.A.}},
  issn         = {{1755-375X}},
  keywords     = {{diabetes; diabetic complications; diabetic retinopathy; genome-wide association study; NOX4}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{811--819}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Acta Ophthalmologica}},
  title        = {{A genome-wide association study suggests new evidence for an association of the NADPH Oxidase 4 (NOX4) gene with severe diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aos.13769}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/aos.13769}},
  volume       = {{96}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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