title: SLC2A10 genetic polymorphism predicts development of peripheral arterial disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. SLC2A10 and PAD in type 2 diabetes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent data indicate that loss-of-function mutation in the gene encoding the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT10 (SLC2A10) causes arterial tortuosity syndrome via upregulation of the TGF-β pathway in the arterial wall, a mechanism possibly causing vascular changes in diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We genotyped 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms and one microsatellite spanning 34 kb across the SLC2A10 gene in a prospective cohort of 372 diabetic patients. Their association with the development of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in type 2 diabetic patients was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At baseline, several common SNPs of SLC2A10 gene were associated with PAD in type 2 diabetic patients. A common haplotype was associated with higher risk of PAD in type 2 diabetic patients (haplotype frequency: 6.3%, P = 0.03; odds ratio [OR]: 14.5; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3- 160.7) at baseline. Over an average follow-up period of 5.7 years, carriers with the risk-conferring haplotype were more likely to develop PAD (P = 0.007; hazard ratio: 6.78; 95% CI: 1.66- 27.6) than were non-carriers. These associations remained significant after adjustment for other risk factors of PAD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data demonstrate that genetic polymorphism of the SLC2A10 gene is an independent risk factor for PAD in type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Der
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yi-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yen-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Tien-Jyun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hung-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen-Hsing
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hsiang-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yuan-Tsong
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lee-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; C430746:SLC2A10 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta