The role of gene variants of the inflammatory markers CRP and TNF-α in cardiovascular heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: It is widely acknowledged that cardiovascular heart disease (CHD) has a genetic influence. Several studies have investigated the role of inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in the causation of cardiovascular diseases. Although there have been several positive studies associating CRP and TNF-α genes with CHD, the evidence is not entirely consistent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to gain a better understanding into this issue. The meta-analysis was conducted with 22 articles of genetic association studies of CRP (G1059C rs1800947, C1444T rs1130864, C717T rs2794521 and G3872A rs1205) and TNF-α (C857T rs1799724, C863A rs1800630 and T1031C rs1799964) genes. To analyze the association of these variants with CHD we used the following mo

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Diaz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4612795 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature