Variation in endoglin pathway genes is associated with preeclampsia: a case-control candidate gene association study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive, multi-system pregnancy disorder whose pathophysiology remains unclear. Elevations in circulating soluble endoglin (sENG) and placental/blood ENG mRNA expression antedate the clinical onset of preeclampsia. This study investigated if endoglin (ENG) pathway genetic variation was also associated with the development of preeclampsia.

Methods

We used a case-control candidate gene association design. Data from 355 white (181 preeclampsia cases/174 controls) and 60 black (30 preeclampsia cases/30 controls) women matched on ancestry, age, and parity were analyzed. Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) and potentially functional SNPs in ENG, TGFβ1, TGFβR1, ALK1, and TGFβR2 were genotyped with iPLEX® and TaqMan®. Chi-square or Fishe

SUBMITTER: Bell MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3651360 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature