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SynthesisExperimental diabetes research2012

Associations of common variants at APLN and hypertension in Chinese subjects with and without diabetes.

Rong Zhang, Jingyi Lu, Cheng Hu, Congrong Wang, Weihui Yu, Feng Jiang, Shanshan Tang, Yuqian Bao, Kunsan Xiang, Weiping Jia

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Synthesis in Experimental diabetes research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The association between apelin polymorphisms and hypertension in China: A meta-analysis.Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS
    Pooled it
  2. Apelinergic System Structure and Function.Comprehensive Physiology · 2017
    Review
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  4. Genetic differences and aberrant methylation in the apelin system predict the risk of high-altitude pulmonary edema.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rong ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, 600 Yishan Road Shanghai, 200233, China.
Jingyi Lu
Cheng Hu
Congrong Wang
Weihui Yu
Feng Jiang
Shanshan Tang
Yuqian Bao
Kunsan Xiang
Weiping Jia
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Sixth People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApelin, the endogenous ligand for the APJ receptor, has a potent hypotensive effect via a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism in vivo. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between the common variants of apelin gene (APLN) and hypertension, which was reported recently in a Chinese Han population with and without diabetes.

methodsThree single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on APLN were genotyped in 3156 diabetic patients and 3736 nondiabetic individuals. For non-diabetic subjects, 1779 were enrolled in stage 1 and 1757 were recruited for validation. A meta-analysis combining the two stages was carried out to obtain the overall effect.

resultsIn diabetic patients, no significant associations of the three SNPs with hypertension were observed. In contrast, we found that rs2235306 was associated with hypertension in non-diabetic males after adjusting for covariates (OR = 1.19, P = 0.039) while rs2235307 and rs3115759 displayed no evidence of association in both genders. One haplotype, C-C-A, also showed an association with hypertension (OR = 1.47, P = 0.032) only in men. However, analysis in stage 2 and meta-analysis did not support these findings.

conclusionsWe conclude that common variants on APLN are not associated with the prevalence of hypertension in the Chinese.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAgedApelinAsian PeopleBlood PressureCase-Control StudiesChinaChi-Square DistributionDiabetes MellitusFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHaplotypesHumansHypertensionApelinAPLN protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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PMID23316219
PMCPMC3534217
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