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Aims: The complex pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) implicates phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. In this pilot case-control study single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in several inflammatory genes, such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL- 10, α-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF)-α and interferon gamma (IFN)-γ genes along with SNPs of genes regulating vascular functions (vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF) and cholesterol synthesis (hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl CoA reductase; HMGCR) were investigated. Methods: Patients were genotyped with RT-PCR technique and data were analyzed with a new mathematical algorithm named Auto Contractive Map. Results: The Auto Contractive Map (AutoCM), was applied in AMI patients with the aim to detect and evaluate the relationships among genetic factors, clinical variables and classical risk factors. Genes were selected because their strong regulatory effect on inflammation and SNP in these gene were located in the promoter region. In the connectivity map generated by AutoCM a group of variables was directly linked with the AMI status; these were: gender (male), early age at onset (50-65 years), HMGCR gene (CC wild type genotype), IL-1βCT, IL-6 GG and VEGF CC genotypes. This direct link suggested a possible pathogenetic association with AMI. Other genetic, clinical and phenotypic variables were associated to the disease under a statistically defined hierarchy showed in the new connectivity map generated by AutoCM. Conclusion: These analyses suggested that genotypes of few inflammatory genes, a SNP in HMGCR gene, middle age, gender, low HDL and diabetes were very informative variables to predict the risk of AMI.
Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction, gene-risk factor interaction, connectivity map
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Gene-Gene and Gene-Clinical Factors Interaction in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A New Detailed Risk Chart
Volume: 16 Issue: 7
Author(s): F. Licastro, M. Chiappelli, E. Porcellini, G. Campo, M. Buscema, E. Grossi, F. Garoia and R. Ferrari
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Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction, gene-risk factor interaction, connectivity map
Abstract: Aims: The complex pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) implicates phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. In this pilot case-control study single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in several inflammatory genes, such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL- 10, α-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF)-α and interferon gamma (IFN)-γ genes along with SNPs of genes regulating vascular functions (vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF) and cholesterol synthesis (hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl CoA reductase; HMGCR) were investigated. Methods: Patients were genotyped with RT-PCR technique and data were analyzed with a new mathematical algorithm named Auto Contractive Map. Results: The Auto Contractive Map (AutoCM), was applied in AMI patients with the aim to detect and evaluate the relationships among genetic factors, clinical variables and classical risk factors. Genes were selected because their strong regulatory effect on inflammation and SNP in these gene were located in the promoter region. In the connectivity map generated by AutoCM a group of variables was directly linked with the AMI status; these were: gender (male), early age at onset (50-65 years), HMGCR gene (CC wild type genotype), IL-1βCT, IL-6 GG and VEGF CC genotypes. This direct link suggested a possible pathogenetic association with AMI. Other genetic, clinical and phenotypic variables were associated to the disease under a statistically defined hierarchy showed in the new connectivity map generated by AutoCM. Conclusion: These analyses suggested that genotypes of few inflammatory genes, a SNP in HMGCR gene, middle age, gender, low HDL and diabetes were very informative variables to predict the risk of AMI.
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Licastro F., Chiappelli M., Porcellini E., Campo G., Buscema M., Grossi E., Garoia F. and Ferrari R., Gene-Gene and Gene-Clinical Factors Interaction in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A New Detailed Risk Chart, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2010; 16 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161210790883543
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