title: Effect of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene polymorphism in Turkish patients with premature coronary artery disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It has been suggested that monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is important in the initiation of atherosclerosis and crucial in monocyte recruitment into the subendothelial lesions. Recent studies have demonstrated that MCP-1 -2518 A>G polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to coronary artery disease (CAD). Since there are conflicting reports on the possible association of MCP-1 -2518 A>G polymorphism with CAD, we investigated the role of this polymorphism in Turkish patients with premature CAD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Genomic DNA was collected from 171 premature CAD patients and 151 healthy individuals. MCP-1 -2518 A>G polymorphism was genotyped using the PCR-RFLP method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences between genotype distribution and allele frequencies in the premature CAD and control groups (AA: 49.7 %; AG: 40.3 %; GG: 10.0 % in premature CAD groups and AA: 53.7 %; AG: 34.4 %; GG: 11.9 % in controls; p = 0.53). The prevalence of the G allele was 0.302 in patients and 0.291 in controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data demonstrate that MCP-1 -2518 A>G polymorphism is not associated with premature CAD in Turkish patients. Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of this polymorphism in the pathogenesis of CAD in various populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. sirri.cam@bayar.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sirri F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Cam
authors.forename: Cevad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sekuri
authors.forename: Abdi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagcan
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ercan
authors.forename: Istemihan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tengiz
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alioglu
authors.forename: Afig
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berdeli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2