title: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism is associated with reduced risk for ischemic stroke with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma2 has important effects to insulin sensitivity, atherosclerosis, inflammation and endothelial cell function. Through these effects, PPAR-gamma2 might be involved with the ischemic stroke in type 2 diabetes. To determine the role of PPAR-gamma2 in genetic susceptibility to ischemic stroke in type 2 diabetes, we genotyped 302 ischemic stroke patients, 283 healthy controls and 141 type 2 diabetic patients without ischemic stroke (diabetes duration >10 years) for PPAR-gamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism methods. PPAR-gamma2 Pro/Ala genotype were lower in ischemic stroke patients than those observed in the control group (4.0% vs. 9.9%, OR=0.38, P=0.0046), and it were associated with the incidence of ischemic stroke in the multivariate analysis (OR=0.43, P=0.025). Genotypic analysis revealed that ischemic stroke patients with type 2 diabetes displayed a great lower prevalence of the Pro/Ala genotype (2.3%) than controls (9.9%) (OR=0.21, P=0.0047). And Pro/Ala genotype of type 2 diabetes patients with ischemic stroke were lower than type 2 diabetes patients without ischemic stroke (2.3% vs. 8.5%, OR=0.25, P=0.0321), however the significant association with ischemic stroke was not detected in the multivariate analysis (OR=0.27, P=0.051). These results suggest that the Pro/Ala genotype of PPAR-gamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism may be associated with reduced risk for ischemic stroke, and the possibility that it might have a protective effect for ischemic stroke with type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oriental Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Byung Cheol
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hye-jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joo-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000409:Alanine / Q000235:genetics*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D047492:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011392:Proline / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D047492:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011392:Proline; D000409:Alanine