Genetic mapping of vascular calcified plaque loci on chromosome 16p in European Americans from the diabetes heart study.

ABSTRACT: A linkage peak for carotid artery calcified plaque (CarCP) on chromosome 16p (LOD 4.39 at 8.4 cM) in families with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from the Diabetes Heart Study (DHS) has been refined. Fine mapping encompassed 104 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 937 subjects from 315 families; including 45 SNPs in six candidate genes (CACNA1H, SEPX1, ABCA3, IL32, SOCS1, CLEC16A). Linkage and association analyses using variance components analysis adjusting for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and diabetes status refined the CarCP linkage into two distinct peaks (LODs: 3.89 at 6.9 cM and 4.86 at 16.0 cM). Evidence of linkage for coronary calcified plaque (LOD: 2.27 at 19 cM) and a vascular calcification principle component (LOD: 3.71 at 16.0 cM) was also observed. The strongest

SUBMITTER: Lehtinen AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3074504 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature