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SynthesisRheumatology international2015

Polymorphism of VEGF gene in susceptibility to chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a meta-analysis.

Ni Wei, Zijia Chen, Zhifeng Xue, Yuelan Zhu

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Synthesis in Rheumatology international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ni WeiDepartment of Rheumatism, DongFang Hospital of BeiJing University of Chinese Medicine, Fang Zhuang, Fang Xing District 1, No. Six, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100078, China.
Zijia Chen
Zhifeng Xue
Yuelan Zhu
Beijing Fengtai Hospital · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNCommunity Health Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important angiogenic factor and may be connected with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) to some extent. However, previous researches about the relationship between the +405G>C (dbSNP: rs2010963) polymorphism in VEGF gene and the risk of IMIDs are controversial and inconsistent. So we conducted this meta-analysis to assess whether the relationship between the +405G>C polymorphism in the 5'-UTR region of VEGF gene and IMID susceptibility exists. Methods Our literature search was conducted on the PubMed, Embase, Web of science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Chinese Biomedical databases to retrieve for eligible studies. Odds ratios as well as their 95 % confidence intervals were utilized to deduce the possible relationship. Results A total number of 5175 patients with IMIDs and 7069 healthy controls from 27 case-control studies were included. For the overall eligible data collected in our meta-analysis, there was no marked relationship between +405G>C polymorphism and the risk of IMIDs. However, subgroup analysis by ethnicity suggested that +405C allele could be a protective factor for IMIDs in Asians, whereas an opposite conclusion was drawn in Caucasians. Conclusion Thus, we may come to the conclusion that the VEGF +405G>C polymorphism could be associated with IMIDs, and the correlation might vary with ethnic groups.

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AllelesArthritis, RheumatoidAsian PeopleAutoimmune DiseasesBehcet SyndromeDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGiant Cell ArteritisGraves DiseaseHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeOdds RatioPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePsoriasisScleroderma, SystemicVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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