Correlation between pri-miR-124 (rs531564) polymorphism and congenital heart disease susceptibility in Chinese population at two different altitudes: a case-control and in silico study.

ABSTRACT: The development of congenital heart disease (CHD) is a complicated process and affected by multiple environmental factors, as genetic factors, and the interactions among those factors. Previous studies have shown that intrauterine hypoxic environment exposure is a risk factor of CHD, but the genetic factors involved in the process are not clear. In this study, given that tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a CHD with hypoxemia as its primary pathophysiological manifestation, an in silico analysis was performed to reveal the relationship between potential target genes (miR-124) with the energy metabolism in non-syndromic TOF patients' cardiomyocyte. Furthermore, the study investigated the correlation between the primary miR-124 (rs531564) polymorphism and CHD susceptibility in 432 sporadic patient

SUBMITTER: Yang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature