title: Lack of association between the -2518G/A polymorphism of the MCP-1 gene and ischaemic heart disease: a family-based investigation.
abstract: Using two recently described family-based tests of association, the possible role of the functional -2518G/A polymorphism in the promoter region of the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene in the susceptibility to ischaemic heart disease (IHD) was investigated in a well-defined Irish population. One thousand and twelve individuals from 386 families with at least one member prematurely affected with IHD were genotyped for the MCP-1 -2518G/A polymorphism. Using the combined transmission disequilibrium test and the pedigree disequilibrium test, no association between the MCP-1 -2518G/A polymorphism and IHD was found. Our data demonstrate that, in an Irish population, the MCP-1 -2518G/A polymorphism is not strongly associated with IHD.
authors.affiliation: Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: McGlinchey
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belton
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: McKeown
mesh_terms: D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2