title: The MCP-1 -2518 (A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction in men in the Slovak population.
abstract: We investigated the MCP-1 -2518 (A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in Slovak cohort of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). Our study comprised 270 patients with IHD, out of them 92 with myocardial infarction (MI). We found that the frequencies of the mutant GG genotype in Slovak patients with IHD (10.7%; p=0.019) and MI (12.0%; p=0.046) were significantly higher than those in the control subjects (5.8%). After subdividing the groups according to the sex, statistically significant difference was found only in men (IHD: p=0.013, MI: p=0.009). We also found a higher rate of GG homozygous genotype in patients with early (< or =50 years of age) MI (18.4%; p=0.004)--statistically significant again only in men (23.1%; p=0.002). The frequencies of G alleles in IHD male patients (30.3%, p=0.046) and in early MI male patients (38.5%, p=0.019) were also statistically significantly higher than in control group. Our results confirm that IHD and MI are linked to MCP-1 -2518 (A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism (Tab. 4, Ref. 34). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. maria.bucova@gmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lietava
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mrazek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrkova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Penz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernadic
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Buckingham
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrek
mesh_terms: D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018154:Slovakia
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2