title: P-selectin gene polymorphisms and risk of coronary heart disease among Tunisians.
abstract: P-selectin plays a key role in inflammation and atherosclerosis, and polymorphic variants of P-selectin were implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic and inflammatory changes, including coronary heart disease (CHD) in many ethnic groups. We investigated the contribution of P-selectin promoter (-2123C/G, -1969G/A) and exon (Ser290Asn, Asn562Asp, Thr715Pro) polymorphisms to CHD genetic susceptibility among 298 Tunisian CHD patients and 339 controls. Minor allele and genotype frequencies of the five P-selectin SNPs were comparable between patients and controls, except for -2123G/G genotype which was more frequent in cases. The 715Pro allele was present at lower frequency in Tunisians than in Europeans, and was not protective of CHD. Linkage disequilibrium was seen between -1969G/A, and both Ser290Asn and Asn562Asp. Five-loci haplotype analysis did not identify any CHD-protective or CHD-susceptible haplotypes. To our knowledge, this was the first case-control study to be performed on an Arab/North-African population, and demonstrates that none of the five P-selectin polymorphisms investigated influence CHD susceptibility in Tunisian Arabs.
authors.affiliation: Research unit of Biology and Genetics of Cancer, Haematological and Autoimmune Diseases, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, Monastir University, Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Lakhdar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ghazouani
authors.forename: Nesrine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: Sonia Bel-Hadj
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Khlifa
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nicaud
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cambien
authors.forename: Wassim Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Almawi
authors.forename: Touhami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012306:Risk; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D019007:P-Selectin