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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2020

NAF1 rs4691896 Is Significantly Associated with Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis in a Chinese Han Population: A Case-Control Study.

Baojun Yuan, Xiaoting Wen, Liubing Li, Yongzhe Li, Chao Li, Baolin Li, Wei Yuan, Liufu Cui

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Baojun YuanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kai Luan General Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China (mainland).
Xiaoting WenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (mainland).
Liubing LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (mainland).
Yongzhe LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (mainland).
Chao LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kai Luan General Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China (mainland).
Baolin LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kai Luan General Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China (mainland).
Wei YuanDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kai Luan General Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China (mainland).
Liufu CuiDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kai Luan General Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China (mainland).
Kailuan General Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated the important role of genetic predisposition in coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) in addition to environmental factors. The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis disease is related to telomere activity. We performed this study to assess the association between genetic variants of telomere-related genes and the risk of CWP. MATERIAL AND METHODS We enrolled 652 CWP Chinese Han patients and 648 dust-exposed controls in this case-control design study, genotyping 8 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including TERT (rs2736100), TERC (rs10936599 and rs12696304), and NAF1 (rs7675998, rs3822304, rs12331717, rs936562 and rs4691896) using the Sequenom MassARRAY system. RESULTS We identified a significant allele association between NAF1 rs4691896 and CWP by comparing patients with controls (22.0% vs. 13.0%, odds ratio [OR]: 1.89, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.54-2.33, Pc=1.14×10⁻⁸). The genotype frequency of rs4691896 differed significantly between the patients and controls (Pc=1.49×10⁻⁸). In addition, rs4691896 was correlated with CWP in an additive genetic model (OR: 1.96, 95% CI: 1.58-2.44, Pc=8.96×10⁻⁹) and a dominant model (OR: 2.15, 95% CI: 1.70-2.73, Pc=2.39×10⁻⁹). CONCLUSIONS Our study for the first time demonstrates an association between a telomere-related gene (NAF1) and CWP in a Chinese Han population, and provides valuable insight to further understand the possible pathogenetic mechanism of fibrosis in CWP.

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AgedAnthracosisAsian PeopleCase-Control StudiesChinaCoal MiningGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRibonucleoproteinsRNANAF1 protein, humanRibonucleoproteinsRNATelomerasetelomerase RNATERT protein, human

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