title: Association of MCP-1 -2518 A/G single nucleotide polymorphism with the serum level of CRP in Slovak patients with ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris, and hypertension.
abstract: The aim of our work was to find if MCP-1 -2518 (A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) influences somehow the serum concentrations of high-sensitive CRP (hsCRP) both in patients suffering from ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial infarction (MI), angina pectoris (AP), and hypertension (HT) and in control group of healthy subjects. Totally, 263 patients with the diagnosis of IHD, out of them 89 with MI, 145 with AP, 205 with HT, and also 67 healthy subjects were included in the study. First, we estimated the serum levels of hsCRP. We found that patients with AP had significantly higher serum level of hsCRP than both control group of healthy subjects (P = .043) and IHD patients without AP (P = .026). The presence of the mutant G allele statistically significantly correlated with the higher serum levels of hsCRP in patients with IHD (P = .016), AP (P = .004), and HT (P = .013). Higher correlations were found in men (AP: P = .019; HT: P = .047). In all cases the highest levels of hsCRP were found both in patients and healthy controls with homozygous GG genotype.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. maria.bucova@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucova
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lietava
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Penz
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mrazek
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrkova
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernadic
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D018154:Slovakia
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D002097:C-Reactive Protein