ArticleJournal of dental research2014
Genetic Association of MPPED2 and ACTN2 with Dental Caries.
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- Association of polymicrobial interactions with dental caries development and prevention.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Multi-marker genetic association and interaction tests with interval-censored survival outcomes.Genetic epidemiology · 2021Article
- Genomics of periodontal disease and tooth morbidity.Periodontology 2000 · 2020Review
- Human genes influence the interaction between Streptococcus mutans and host caries susceptibility: a genome-wide association study in children with primary dentition.International journal of oral science · 2019Article
- Precision Dentistry in Early Childhood: The Central Role of Genomics.Dental clinics of North America · 2017Review
- Variants on chromosome 4q21 near PKD2 and SIBLINGs are associated with dental caries.Journal of human genetics · 2017Article
- Genetic Association ofInternational journal of dentistry · 2017Article
- miR-448 downregulates MPPED2 to promote cancer proliferation and inhibit apoptosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- Predicting Dental Caries Outcomes in Children: A "Risky" Concept.Journal of dental research · 2016Review
- Genome-wide association study of dental caries in the Hispanic Communities Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).Human molecular genetics · 2016Article
- Genetic influences on dental enamel that impact caries differ between the primary and permanent dentitions.European journal of oral sciences · 2015Article
- [Precision stomatology: current status and challenges].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
The first genome-wide association study of dental caries focused on primary teeth in children aged 3 to 12 yr and nominated several novel genes: ACTN2, EDARADD, EPHA7, LPO, MPPED2, MTR, and ZMPSTE24. Here we interrogated 156 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within these candidate genes for evidence of association with dental caries experience in 13 race- and age-stratified samples from 6 independent studies (n = 3600). Analysis was performed separately for each sample, and results were combined across samples via meta-analysis. MPPED2 was significantly associated with caries via meta-analysis across the 5 childhood samples, with 4 SNPs showing significant associations after gene-wise adjustment for multiple comparisons (p < .0026). These results corroborate the previous genome-wide association study, although the functional role of MPPED2 in caries etiology remains unknown. ACTN2 also showed significant association via meta-analysis across childhood samples (p = .0014). Moreover, in adults, genetic association was observed for ACTN2 SNPs in individual samples (p < .0025), but no single SNP was significant via meta-analysis across all 8 adult samples. Given its compelling biological role in organizing ameloblasts during amelogenesis, this study strengthens the hypothesis that ACTN2 influences caries risk. Results for the other candidate genes neither proved nor precluded their associations with dental caries.
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