title: Variants in COX-2, PTGIS, and TBXAS1 Are Associated with Carotid Artery or Intracranial Arterial Stenosis and Neurologic Deterioration in Ischemic Stroke Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Eicosanoids may play a role in ischemic stroke (IS). However, the association of variants in eicosanoid genes with symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis and neurologic deterioration (ND) is not fully understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of 11 variants in eicosanoid genes with symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis and ND.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven variants in eicosanoid genes were examined using mass spectrometry method in 297 IS patients. The symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis was assessed by computed tomographic angiography. Platelet aggregation and platelet-leukocyte aggregates were measured. The primary outcome was ND within 10 days of admission. ND was defined as an increase of 2 or more points in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 297 IS patients, 182 (61.3%) cases had symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis, and 88 (29.6%) patients experienced ND within 10 days after admission. Symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis was significantly associated with higher ND (P < .001). Rs20417CC, rs41708TT, and rs5629CC were independent risk factors for symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis and ND, and associated with higher platelet aggregation and platelet-leukocyte aggregates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis was associated with higher ND. Rs20417CC, rs41708TT, and rs5629CC were not only independent risk factors for symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis, but also independent risk predictors for ND.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.
authors.forename: Xingyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China. Electronic address: 1842942576@qq.com.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002681:China; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; C472456:PTGIS protein, human; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase
keywords: Ischemic stroke; carotid stenosis; eicosanoic acids; intracranial arterial stenosis; neurological deterioration; single nucleotide polymorphisms