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Association of polymorphisms in angiotensin II receptor genes with aldosterone-producing adenoma

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This study examined the association of polymorphisms in angiotensin II receptor genes (AT 1 R and AT 2 R) with the risk for aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) in a Chinese Han population. Four polymorphisms including rs5182 (573T/C) in exon 4, rs5186 (1166A/C) in 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) in AT 1 R gene and rs5194 (2274G/A) in 3′-UTR, rs1403543 (1675G/A) in intron 1 in AT 2 R gene were detected in 148 APA patients and 192 normal subjects (serving as control) by using a MGB-Taqman probe. The distribution of genotypes of each locus was in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) in the APA and control groups (P>0.05). The allele A frequency at rs5194 was significantly higher in the APA group (0.49) than in the control group (0.35) (χ 2=12.08, P=0.001). Subjects with homozygotic genotype AA and heterozygotic genotype GA were at an increased risk for APA as compared to those with GG genotype (OR=2.66, 95% CI=1.45–4.87; OR=1.67, 95% CI=1.02–2.74). Furthermore, rs5194 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at AT 2 R gene was significantly associated with APA in additive (OR=1.64, 95% CI=1.21–2.20, P=0.001), dominant (OR=1.94, 95% CI=1.23–3.06, P=0.003), and recessive model (OR=2.01, 95% CI=1.17–3.45, P=0.01). It was concluded that rs5194 polymorphism at AT 2 R gene was associated with the risk for APA, which may constitute a genetic marker of APA.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100086, China

    Jinzhi Ouyang  (欧阳金芝)

  2. Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100086, China

    Baojun Wang  (王保军), Hongzhao Li  (李宏召), Xin Ma  (马 鑫) & Xu Zhang  (张 旭)

  3. Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361003, China

    Zhun Wu  (吴 准) & Jinchun Xing  (邢金春)

  4. Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650101, China

    Yongji Yan  (闫永吉)

  5. Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, China

    Guoxi Zhang  (张国玺)

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This project was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar of China (No. 30725040).

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Ouyang, J., Wu, Z., Xing, J. et al. Association of polymorphisms in angiotensin II receptor genes with aldosterone-producing adenoma. J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. [Med. Sci.] 31, 301–305 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-011-0371-x

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