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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2009

Variations in HSP70 genes associated with noise-induced hearing loss in two independent populations.

Annelies Konings, Lut Van Laer, Sophie Michel, Malgorzata Pawelczyk, Per-Inge Carlsson, Marie-Louise Bondeson, Elzbieta Rajkowska, Adam Dudarewicz, Ann Vandevelde, Erik Fransen and 4 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Annelies KoningsDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Lut Van Laer
Sophie Michel
Malgorzata Pawelczyk
Per-Inge Carlsson
Marie-Louise Bondeson
Elzbieta Rajkowska
Adam Dudarewicz
Ann Vandevelde
Erik Fransen
Jeroen Huyghe
Erik Borg
Mariola Sliwinska-Kowalska
Guy Van Camp
University of Antwerp · BENofer Institute of Occupational Medicine · PLÖrebro University Hospital · SEUppsala University · SE

Funding

Action on Hearing Loss G26
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most important occupational health hazards. Millions of people worldwide are exposed daily to harmful levels of noise. NIHL is a complex disease resulting from an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Although the environmental risk factors have been studied extensively, little is known about the genetic factors. Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) are induced after exposure to severe noise. When first induced by exposure to moderate sound levels, they can protect the ear from damage from excessive noise exposure. This protection is highly variable between individuals. An association of HSP70 genes with NIHL has been described by Yang et al (2006) in a Chinese sample set of noise-exposed workers. In this study, three polymorphisms (rs1043618, rs1061581 and rs2227956) in HSP70-1, HSP70-2 and HSP70-hom, respectively, were genotyped in 206 Swedish and 238 Polish DNA samples of noise-exposed subjects and analyzed. One SNP, rs2227956 in HSP70-hom, resulted in a significant association with NIHL in both sample sets. In addition, rs1043618 and rs1061581 were significant in the Swedish sample set. Analysis of the haplotypes composed of the three SNPs revealed significant associations between NIHL and haplotype GAC in both sample sets and with haplotype CGT in the Swedish sample set. In conclusion, this study replicated the association of HSP70 genes with NIHL in a second and third independent noise-exposed sample set, hereby adding to the evidence that HSP70 genes may be NIHL susceptibility genes.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetics, PopulationGenotypeHaplotypesHearing Loss, Noise-InducedHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP72 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP72 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSPA1B protein, human

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PMID18813331
PMCPMC2986160
OpenAlexW1968170193

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