title: The association between transforming growth factor beta3 polymorphisms and left ventricular structure in hypertensive subjects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) may be a crucial regulator of cardiac remodeling. We investigated the association between the TGF-beta gene polymorphisms and left ventricular structure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 658 hypertensive subjects were genotyped for the TGF-beta1 T869C and TGF-beta3 (rs3917187 and rs4252338) polymorphisms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TGF-beta3 rs3917187 AA homozygotes had, while accounting for covariates, greater left ventricular end-systolic (LVESD, P=0.004) and end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD, P=0.007) than G allele carriers. Moreover, left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in AA genotype was 123.0+/-3.1g/m(2) significantly higher than that in AG (114.6+/-1.6g/m(2)) and GG (115.4+/-2.1g/m(2), P=0.03) genotypes. In multivariate regression analysis, TGF-beta3 rs3917187 genotype as an independent predictor had statistically significant effects on LVESD (beta=0.164, P=0.002), LVEDD (beta=0.172, P=0.003) and LVMI (beta=0.136, P=0.016), respectively. In further analyses, we observed a significant interaction between the rs3917187 and alcohol intake in relation to LVESD (P(int)=0.04) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFSH, P(int)=0.012). However, no relationship could be found between left ventricular parameters and the T869C or the rs4252338.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present results demonstrated that the TGF-beta3 rs3917187 polymorphism was associated with left ventricular structure, and had an interactive influence with alcohol on LVESD and LVFSH in hypertensive subjects.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Bang-Chuan
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ren-Hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ping-Jin
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ding-Liang
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ji-Guang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shao-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D053782:Transforming Growth Factor beta3 / Q000235:genetics*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D053782:Transforming Growth Factor beta3