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ArticlePloS one2012

Variation in the maternal corticotrophin releasing hormone-binding protein (CRH-BP) gene and birth weight in Blacks, Hispanics and Whites.

Pathik D Wadhwa, Hyagriv N Simhan, Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buss, Roger Smith, Calvin J Hobel, Naveed Farhana, Lawrence Shimmin, James E Hixson, Charles F Sing

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Pathik D WadhwaDepartments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America. pwadhwa@uci.edu
Hyagriv N Simhan
Sonja Entringer
Claudia Buss
Roger Smith
Calvin J Hobel
Naveed Farhana
Lawrence Shimmin
James E Hixson
Charles F Sing
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AUUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

PROJECT I POPULATION STRUCTURE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN PREGNANCYP01HD047609 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI HOBEL, CALVIN J. · 2005 to 2009
$4.9M
EMA Assessment of Biobehavioral Processes in Human PregnancyR01HD060628 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI WADHWA, PATHIK D · 2010 to 2014
$3.4M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD-047609NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD047609NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD-060628NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD060628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the unique role of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) system in human fetal development, the aim of our study was to estimate the association of birth weight with DNA sequence variation in three maternal genes involved in regulating CRH production, bioavailability and action: CRH, CRH-Binding Protein (CRH-BP), and CRH type 1 receptor (CRH-R1), respectively, in three racial groups (African-Americans, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic Whites).

methodsOur study was carried out on a population-based sample of 575 mother-child dyads. We resequenced the three genes in mouse-human hybrid somatic cell lines and selected SNPs for genotyping.

resultsA significant association was observed in each race between birth weight and maternal CRH-BP SNP genotypes. Estimates of linkage disequilibrium and haplotypes established three common haplotypes marked by the rs1053989 SNP in all three races. This SNP predicted significant birth weight variation after adjustment for gestational age, maternal BMI, parity, and smoking. African American and Hispanic mothers carrying the A allele had infants whose birth weight was on average 254 and 302 grams, respectively, less than infants having C/C mothers. Non-Hispanic White mothers homozygous for the A allele had infants who were on average 148 grams less than those infants having A/C and C/C mothers.

conclusionsThe magnitudes of the estimates of the birth weight effects are comparable to the combined effects of multiple SNPs reported in a recent meta-analysis of 6 GWAS studies and is quantitatively larger than that associated with maternal cigarette smoking. This effect was persistent across subpopulations that vary with respect to ancestry and environment.

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Genetic VariationMothersAdultAnimalsBirth WeightBlack or African AmericanBlack PeopleCarrier ProteinsFemaleGenotypeHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantMicePolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsCarrier Proteinscorticotropin releasing factor-binding protein

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PMID22984453
PMCPMC3439482
OpenAlexW2131402193

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