title: Genetic variation in Tanis was associated with elevating plasma triglyceride level in Chinese nondiabetic subjects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association of genetic polymorphisms of Tanis with triglyceride concentration in human has not been thoroughly examined. We aimed to investigate the relationship between triglyceride concentrations and Tanis genetic polymorphisms.
  
  
  METHODS
  All participants (n=1497) selected from subjects participating in the Cardiovascular Risk Survey (CRS) study were divided into two groups according to ethnicity (Han: n=1059; Uygur: n= 438). Four tagging SNPs (rs12910524, rs1384565, rs2101171, rs4965814) of Tanis gene were genotyped using TaqMan® assays from Applied Biosystems following the manufacturer's suggestions and analyzed in an ABI 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that the SNP rs12910524 was associated with triglyceride levels by analyses of a dominant model (P<0.001), recessive model (P <0.001) and additive model (P < 0.001) not only in Han ethnic but also in Uygur ethnic group, and the difference remained significant after the adjustment of sex, age, alcohol intake, smoking, BMI and plasma glucose (GLU) level (All P < 0.001). However, this relationship was not observed in rs1384565, rs2101171, and rs4965814 before and after multivariate adjustment (All P > 0.05). Furthermore, there were significant interactions between rs12910524 and GLU on TG both in Han (P=0.001) and Uygur population (P=2.60×10(-4)).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicated that the rs12910524 in the Tanis gene was associated with triglyceride concentrations in subjects without diabetes in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yi-Tong
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yi-Ning
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhen-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ying-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bang-Dang
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D051140:Selenoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C487710:SELENOS protein, human; D051140:Selenoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides