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ArticleAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A2012

Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms and risk of conotruncal heart defects.

Huiping Zhu, Wei Yang, Nathan Shaw, Spencer Perloff, Suzan L Carmichael, Richard H Finnell, Gary M Shaw, Edward J Lammer

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Article in American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huiping ZhuDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Wei Yang
Nathan Shaw
Spencer Perloff
Suzan L Carmichael
Richard H Finnell
Gary M Shaw
Edward J Lammer
Stanford University · USThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Conotruncal defects: genetic and nutritional riskR01HL077708 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RES CTR AT OAKLAND · PI LAMMER, EDWARD JAMES · 2006 to 2010
$1.9M
Gene and Nutrient Etiologies of Human Heart DefectsR01HL085859 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHAW, GARY M · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
Genetic Susceptibility of Neural Tube Defects: Diabetes/Obesity-related GenesR21HD058912 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ZHU, HUIPING · 2009 to 2010
$411k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL077708NHLBI NIH HHS HL085859NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL077708NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085859NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD058912PHS HHS U50/CCU913241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated whether the two TYMS functional variants (28 bp VNTR and 1494del6) (275 cases and 653 controls) and six selected SNPs (265 case infants, 535 control infants; 169 case mothers and 276 control mothers) were associated with risks of conotruncal heart defects. Further, we evaluated interaction effects between these gene variants and maternal folate intake for risk of CTD. Cases with diagnosis of single gene disorders or chromosomal aneusomies were excluded. Controls were randomly selected from area hospitals in proportion to their contribution to the total population of live-born infants. DNA samples were collected using buccal brushes or drawn from the repository of newborn screening blood specimens when available. Genetic variants were treated as categorical variables (homozygous referent, heterozygote, homozygous variant). Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed to estimate risks among all subjects, Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites, respectively, using logistic regression. Gene-folate interactions were assessed for these variants by adding an interaction term to the logistic model. A dichotomized composite variable, "combined folate intake," was created by combining maternal peri-conceptional use of folic acid-containing vitamin supplements with daily dietary intake of folate. In general, the results do not show strong gene-only effects on risk of CTD. We did, however, observe a 3.6-fold increase in CTD risk (95% CI: 1.1-11.9) among infants who were homozygotes for the 6 bp deletion in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) (1694del6) and whose mothers had low folate intake during the peri-conceptional period.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideBase SequenceCase-Control StudiesDNA PrimersHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfant, NewbornPolymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsThymidylate SynthaseDNA PrimersThymidylate Synthase

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PMID22887475
PMCPMC3429723
OpenAlexW2037273574

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