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ArticleMetabolism: clinical and experimental2009

Evaluation of gremlin 1 (GREM1) as a candidate susceptibility gene for albuminuria-related traits in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Farook Thameem, Sobha Puppala, Xin He, Nedal H Arar, Michael P Stern, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala, Hanna E Abboud

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Article in Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A GREM1 gene variant associates with diabetic nephropathy.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2010
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Farook ThameemDivision of Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. thameem@uthscsa.edu
Sobha Puppala
Xin He
Nedal H Arar
Michael P Stern
John Blangero
Ravindranath Duggirala
Hanna E Abboud
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USTexas Biomedical Research Institute · US

Funding

INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATION OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE: A PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE HEALTHUL1RR025767 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2008 to 2011
$23.8M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR000149 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2012 to 2013
$6.8M
NIDDM SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES IN MEXICAN-AMERICANSR01DK047482 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI LEHMAN, DONNA M · 1993 to 2010
$5.4M
Transgenic Animal and Morphology CoreP50DK061597 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ABBOUD, HANNA E · 2003 to 2007
$5.0M
GENETICS OF GALLBLADDER DISEASE IN MEXICAN AMERICANSR01DK053889 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI DUGGIRALA, RAVINDRANATH · 1998 to 2011
$2.3M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthKL2RR025766 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthKL2TR000118 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2012 to 2013
$757k
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NIDDM IN MEXICAN AMERICANSR01DK042273 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI STERN, MICHAEL P · 1991 to 2000
$532k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000118NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000149NCRR NIH HHS KL2 RR025766NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025767NIDDK NIH HHS DK42273NIDDK NIH HHS DK47482NIDDK NIH HHS DK53889NIDDK NIH HHS P50 DK061597NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK042273NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK047482NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several novel genes that are up-regulated in the kidney in diabetes have been identified including GREM1, which encodes gremlin 1. GREM1 maps to human chromosome 15q12, a region previously found to be linked to albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) in Mexican Americans. The objective of this study is to investigate whether genetic variants in GREM1, a positional candidate gene, contribute to variation in ACR. By sequencing 32 individuals for both exons and 2-kilobase putative promoter region of GREM1, we identified 19 genetic variants including 5 in the promoter region and 13 in the 3' untranslated region. Of 19 polymorphisms identified, 13 polymorphisms were genotyped in the entire cohort (N = 670, 39 large families) either by restriction fragment length polymorphism or by TaqMan (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) assays. Association analyses between the genotypes and ACR, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and related phenotypes were carried out using a measured genotype approach as implemented in the variance component analytical tools (SOLAR). Of the variants examined for association, none exhibited statistically significant association with ACR after accounting for the effects of covariates such as age, sex, diabetes, duration of diabetes, systolic blood pressure, and antihypertensive medications. However, 2 novel variants at the 3' untranslated region showed significant association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (P = .010 and P = .049) and body mass index (P = .013 and P = .019) after accounting for trait-specific covariate influences. Furthermore, a novel variant located in the promoter exhibited a significant association with systolic (P = .038) and diastolic blood pressure (P = .005) after adjusting for the effects of age, sex, diabetes, and antihypertensive medications. In conclusion, the variants examined at GREM1 are not significant contributors to variation in ACR in Mexican Americans, although they appear to minimally influence risk factors related to ACR.

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AdultAlbuminuriaChromosomes, Human, Pair 15CreatinineDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DNAExonsFemaleGenotypeHemodynamicsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLinkage DisequilibriumMaleMexican AmericansMiddle AgedCreatinineDNAGREM1 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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PMID19577778
PMCPMC2913546
OpenAlexW2153719593

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