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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2015

Variants in maternal COMT and MTHFR genes and risk of neural tube defects in offspring.

Jufen Liu, Yali Zhang, Lei Jin, Guoxing Li, Linlin Wang, Yanping Bao, Yunting Fu, Zhiwen Li, Le Zhang, Rongwei Ye and 1 more

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jufen LiuInstitute of Reproductive and Child Health/Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 College Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yali Zhang
Lei Jin
Guoxing Li
Linlin Wang
Yanping Bao
Yunting Fu
Zhiwen Li
Le Zhang
Rongwei Ye
Aiguo Ren
Peking University · CNMinistry of Health · OM

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) G158A are associated with a risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in offspring. This study examined the effect of a MTHFR × COMT interaction on the risk of NTDs in a Chinese population with a high prevalence of NTDs. A total of 576 fetuses or newborns with NTDs and 594 controls were genotyped for MTHFRrs1801133, MTHFRrs1801131, and COMTrs4680 and COMTrs737865. Information on maternal sociodemographic characteristics, reproductive history, and related behavior was collected through face-to-face interviews. Possible interactions between genetic variants of MTHFR and COMT were examined. MTHFR C677T homozygous TT was associated with an elevated risk of total NTDs (odds ratio [OR] = 1.37, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 0.93-2.03) and of anencephaly (OR = 1.67, 95 % CI = 0.98-2.84) compared with the CC genotype. There was a COMT rs737865 CC × MTHFR rs1801133 TT interaction for total NTDs (OR = 3.02, 95 % CI = 1.00-9.14) and for anencephaly (OR = 3.39, 95 % CI = 0.94-12.18). No interaction was found between COMT rs4680 AA/AG and MTHFR CT/TT genotypes for total NTDs or any subtype of NTD. The interaction of COMT rs737865 and MTHFR C677T was associated with an increased risk of NTDs, especially anencephaly, in a Chinese population with a high prevalence of NTDs.

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AdultAnencephalyAsian PeopleCatechol O-MethyltransferaseChinaFemaleGene FrequencyGenotypeHumansInfant, NewbornMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Neural Tube DefectsParityPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePregnancyPrevalenceCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCOMT protein, humanMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, human

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