Genetic Loci for Retinal Arteriolar Microcirculation

Sim, Xueling; Jensen, Richard A; Ikram, M Kamran; Cotch, Mary Frances; Li, Xiaohui; MacGregor, Stuart; Xie, Jing; Smith, Albert Vernon; Boerwinkle, Eric; Mitchell, Paul; Klein, Ronald; Klein, Barbara E K; Glazer, Nicole L; Lumley, Thomas; McKnight, Barbara; Psaty, Bruce M; de Jong, Paulus T V M; Hofman, Albert; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Uitterlinden, Andre G; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Aspelund, Thor; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Harris, Tamara B; Jonasson, Fridbert; Launer, Lenore J; 2, The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium; Attia, John; Baird, Paul N; Harrap, Stephen; Holliday, Elizabeth G; Inouye, Michael; Rochtchina, Elena; Scott, Rodney J; Viswanathan, Ananth; Consortium, Global BPGen; Li, Guo; Smith, Nicholas L; Wiggins, Kerri L; Kuo, Jane Z; Taylor, Kent D; Hewitt, Alex W; Martin, Nicholas G; Montgomery, Grant W; Sun, Cong; Young, Terri L; Mackey, David A; van Zuydam, Natalie R; Doney, Alex S F; Palmer, Colin N A; Morris, Andrew D; Rotter, Jerome I; Tai, E Shyong; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Vingerling, Johannes R; Siscovick, David S; Wang, Jie Jin; Wong, Tien Y

Genetic Loci for Retinal Arteriolar Microcirculation

Xueling Sim, Richard A Jensen, M Kamran Ikram, Mary Frances Cotch, Xiaohui Li, Stuart MacGregor, Jing Xie, Albert Vernon Smith, Eric Boerwinkle, Paul Mitchell, Ronald Klein, Barbara E K Klein, Nicole L Glazer, Thomas Lumley, Barbara McKnight, Bruce M Psaty, Paulus T V M de Jong, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre G Uitterlinden, Cornelia M van Duijn, Thor Aspelund, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Tamara B Harris, Fridbert Jonasson, Lenore J Launer, The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, John Attia, Paul N Baird, Stephen Harrap, Elizabeth G Holliday, Michael Inouye, Elena Rochtchina, Rodney J Scott, Ananth Viswanathan, Global BPGen Consortium, Guo Li, Nicholas L Smith, Kerri L Wiggins, Jane Z Kuo, Kent D Taylor, Alex W Hewitt, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Cong Sun, Terri L Young, David A Mackey, Natalie R van Zuydam, Alex S F Doney, Colin N A Palmer, Andrew D Morris, Jerome I Rotter, E Shyong Tai, Vilmundur Gudnason, Johannes R Vingerling, David S Siscovick, Jie Jin Wang and Tien Y Wong

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-12

Abstract: Narrow arterioles in the retina have been shown to predict hypertension as well as other vascular diseases, likely through an increase in the peripheral resistance of the microcirculatory flow. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study in 18,722 unrelated individuals of European ancestry from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium and the Blue Mountain Eye Study, to identify genetic determinants associated with variations in retinal arteriolar caliber. Retinal vascular calibers were measured on digitized retinal photographs using a standardized protocol. One variant (rs2194025 on chromosome 5q14 near the myocyte enhancer factor 2C MEF2C gene) was associated with retinal arteriolar caliber in the meta-analysis of the discovery cohorts at genome-wide significance of P-value

Date: 2013
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