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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Genome-wide scan identifies a quantitative trait locus at 4p15.3 for serum urate
European Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 18, No. 11, Year 2010
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Elevated serum urate levels lead to gout and are associated with hypertension, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to identify evidence for genetic linkage with serum urate and to determine whether variation within positional candidate genes is associated with serum urate levels in a non-European population. Genetic linkage analysis and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping was performed in a large family pedigree cohort from Mauritius. We assessed associations between serum urate levels and 97 SNPs in a positional candidate gene, SLC2A9. A genome-wide scan identified a new region with evidence for linkage for serum urate at 4p15.3. SNP genotyping identified significant association between six SNP variants in SLC2A9 and serum urate levels. Allelic and gender-based effects were noted for several SNPs. Significant correlations were also observed between serum urate levels and individual components of metabolic syndrome. Our study results implicate genetic variation in SLC2A9 in influencing levels of serum urate over a broad range of values in a large Mauritian family cohort. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Cummings, Nik
Australia, Melbourne
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Dyer, Thomas D.
United States, San Antonio
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Kotea, Navaratnam
Mauritius, Reduit
University of Mauritius
Kowlessur, Sudhir
Mauritius, Port Louis
Ministry of Health
Chitson, Pierrot
Mauritius, Port Louis
Ministry of Health
Zimmet, Paul Z.
Australia, Melbourne
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Blangero, John C.
United States, San Antonio
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Jowett, Jeremy B.M.
Australia, Melbourne
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/ejhg.2010.97
ISSN:
10184813
e-ISSN:
14765438
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Mauritius