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ArticleBMC genomics2014

Genome-wide interaction of genotype by erythrocyte n-3 fatty acids contributes to phenotypic variance of diabetes-related traits.

Ju-Sheng Zheng, Chao-Qiang Lai, Laurence D Parnell, Yu-Chi Lee, Jian Shen, Caren E Smith, Patricia Casas-Agustench, Kris Richardson, Duo Li, Sabrina E Noel and 4 more

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Article in BMC genomics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01231958 (The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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NCT01231958 completednot on this map

The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study: Center for Population Health and Health Disparities

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of Massachusetts, LowellRan2004 to 2017Enrolled1,650ConditionsCardiovascular Risk FactorArmsThe Heart Healthy Initiative for Hispanic Adults (HIP)
3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ju-Sheng Zheng
Chao-Qiang Lai
Laurence D Parnell
Yu-Chi Lee
Jian Shen
Caren E Smith
Patricia Casas-Agustench
Kris Richardson
Duo Li
Sabrina E Noel
Katherine L Tucker
Donna K Arnett
Ingrid B Borecki
José M OrdovásJean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. jose.ordovas@tufts.edu.

Funding

Genetic and Environmental Determinants of TriglyceridesU01HL072524 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ARNETT, DONNA K · 2002 to 2008
$11.9M
STATISTICSP50HL105185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI ORDOVAS, JOSE M. · 2010 to 2015
$10.4M
Center for Research/Nutrition &Health among the ElderlyP01AG023394 · NIA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2003 to 2007
$8.1M
Genomewide Association Study of Lipid Response to Fenofibrate and Dietary FatR01HL091357 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ARNETT, DONNA K · 2008 to 2018
$5.8M
GENE/DIET EFFECTS ON PLASMA LIPOPROTEIN LEVELSR01HL054776 · NHLBI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ORDOVAS, JOSE M. · 1996 to 2010
$2.6M
Case-control Association Studies and Genetic ConfoundingR01HL078885 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BURCHARD, ESTEBAN GONZALEZ · 2005 to 2009
$1.9M
Genetic predictors of metabolic responses to dairyK08HL112845 · NHLBI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SMITH, CAREN ELIZABETH · 2013 to 2017
$474k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL078885NHLBI NIH HHS HL54776NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL112845NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL105185NHLBI NIH HHS P50HL105185NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL054776NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL078885NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091357NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL072524NIA NIH HHS P01 AG023394NIA NIH HHS P01AG023394NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD003562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle is known about the interplay between n-3 fatty acids and genetic variants for diabetes-related traits at the genome-wide level. The present study aimed to examine variance contributions of genotype by environment (GxE) interactions for different erythrocyte n-3 fatty acids and genetic variants for diabetes-related traits at the genome-wide level in a non-Hispanic white population living in the U.S.A. (n = 820). A tool for Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis (GCTA) was used to estimate the genome-wide GxE variance contribution of four diabetes-related traits: HOMA-Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), fasting plasma insulin, glucose and adiponectin. A GxE genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to further elucidate the GCTA results. Replication was conducted in the participants of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (BPRHS) without diabetes (n = 716).

resultsIn GOLDN, docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) contributed the most significant GxE variance to the total phenotypic variance of both HOMA-IR (26.5%, P-nominal = 0.034) and fasting insulin (24.3%, P-nominal = 0.042). The ratio of arachidonic acid to eicosapentaenoic acid + docosahexaenoic acid contributed the most significant GxE variance to the total variance of fasting glucose (27.0%, P-nominal = 0.023). GxE variance of the arachidonic acid/eicosapentaenoic acid ratio showed a marginally significant contribution to the adiponectin variance (16.0%, P-nominal = 0.058). None of the GCTA results were significant after Bonferroni correction (P < 0.001). For each trait, the GxE GWAS identified a far larger number of significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (P-interaction ≤ 10E-5) for the significant E factor (significant GxE variance contributor) than a control E factor (non-significant GxE variance contributor). In the BPRHS, DPA contributed a marginally significant GxE variance to the phenotypic variance of HOMA-IR (12.9%, P-nominal = 0.068) and fasting insulin (18.0%, P-nominal = 0.033).

conclusionErythrocyte n-3 fatty acids contributed a significant GxE variance to diabetes-related traits at the genome-wide level.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyQuantitative Trait, HeritableQuantitative Trait LociAdultDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ErythrocytesFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypeRisk FactorsFatty Acids, Omega-3

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PMID25213455
PMCPMC4168207

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