title: Soluble receptors for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-R p55 and TNF-R p75) in familial combined hyperlipidemia.
abstract: We investigated the potential role of the 75 kD receptor for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) (TNFRSF1B, located on chromosome 1 band p36.2) as a modifier gene in familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH), based on previous linkage and association data. Age-corrected values for the soluble (s) extracellular domain of TNF-R p75 were lower in 156 well-characterized hyperlipidemic (HL) FCH relatives than in 168 normolipidemic (NL) relatives (P<0.01). Plasma concentrations of the soluble domain of the 55 kD receptor (sTNF-R p55, the other TNF-alpha receptor) did not differ between HL and NL relatives. In conditional logistic regression analysis, plasma sTNF-R p75 concentration was the only non-lipid variable that contributed significantly to prediction of affected FCH status (regression coefficient=-0.413, P=0.01). The present findings have potentially important diagnostic and therapeutic implications in FCH.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Metabolism and Endocrinology/UNS 50, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. m.vangreevenbroek@intmed.unimas.nS
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: van Greevenbroek
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: van der Kallen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Buurman
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: de Bruin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006950:Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined / Q000097:blood*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011379:Prognosis; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000097:blood*; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II; D012016:Reference Values; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D008055:Lipids; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II