Effect of apolipoprotein E genotypes on incidence and development of coronary stenosis in Iranian patients with coronary artery disease.
BACKGROUND
Apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism plays a significant role in the development of coronary disease, but their involvement in coronary artery stenosis (CAS) is controversial. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of this polymorphism on atherosclerosis, and severity and extent of CAS in unrelated Iranian population.


METHODS
DNA was isolated from 390 study participants and APOE genotypes were determined utilizing the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism.


RESULTS
The APOE-ε4 and -ε2 allele frequencies were significantly higher in the CAS patients than in the control group (P<0.05). The association of Apo E polymorphism with the severity of stenosis was evaluated, which is according to the result that apolipoprotein E alleles were not significantly different when compared with the severity of stenosis (χ(2) =0.84, P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that APOE-ε4 is a risk factor for stenosis but does not has any effect on the severity of this disease.
Biochemistry Department of Medicine Faculty, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. fauahsoudi@iums.ac.ir
Soudabeh
S
Fallah
Morteza
M
Seifi
Mohsen
M
Firoozrai
Ladan Hosainnee
LH
Ghohari
Ali
A
Samadikuchaksaraei
Bahram
B
Samadirad
D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D001057:Apolipoproteins E
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