title: Different roles of two novel susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in a Chinese Han population.
abstract: Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (NSOC) are the most common developmental anomalies in human beings. Recently, a large-scale genome-wide association study identified two novel NSOC susceptibility loci: rs13041247 near MAFB and rs560426 near ABCA4. In the present study, we recruited 396 NSOC cases and 384 healthy controls to replicate their associations with risk of NSOC as well as their subgroups in a Chinese Han population. We found the overall genotype and allele frequencies of rs13041247, but not rs560426 were significantly different between cases and controls. Further logistic regression analysis showed rs13041247 CT, CC, and CT/CC were associated with decreased NSOC susceptibility, compared with rs13041247 TT wide-type homozygote. Moreover, the apparent protection against cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P), cleft lip with cleft palate (CLP), and cleft lip only (CLO) was also identified in stratified analysis. However, none of any rs560426 genotypes or alleles was associated with risk of NSOC or their subgroups. Taken together, our findings confirmed the contribution of MAFB in the etiology of NSOC in a Chinese Han population.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Yongchu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Weibing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yifei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hongchuang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Meilin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Junqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Linzhon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D051258:MafB Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: C056475:ABCA4 protein, human; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; C490407:MAFB protein, human; D051258:MafB Transcription Factor