Reinhard, Wibke and Stark, Klaus and Neureuther, Katharina and Sedlacek, Kamil and Fischer, Marcus and Baessler, Andrea and Weber, Stefan and Kaess, Bernhard and Wiedmann, Silke and Erdmann, Jeanette and Lieb, Wolfgang and Jeron, Andreas and Riegger, Guenter and Hengstenberg, Christian (2008) Common polymorphisms in the cannabinoid CB2 receptor gene (CNR2) are not associated with myocardial infarction and cardiovascular risk factors. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE, 22 (2). pp. 165-174. ISSN 1107-3756,
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a complex disease. Multiple genes and their interaction with various environmental factors influence the pathogenesis of MI that is thought to be tightly regulated by inflammatory pathways. Recent progress in genetic analysis includes the use of large-scale genome-wide association studies that have proven to be powerful tools even in the analysis of multifactorial phenotypes. However, certain genes are only sparsely represented on the available gene chips and additional candidate gene approaches are necessary. One such example is the CNR2 gene, encoding the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2), which has been implicated in mediating anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerotic effects in vivo. We therefore hypothesized that genetic variations within the CNR2 gene are associated with the development of MI or classic cardiovascular risk factors. In a large case-control study, 1,968 individuals from the German MI family study were examined with 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering CNR2 and the adjacent genes. The association of these SNPs with MI or cardiovascular risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus, was determined. In allelic and genotypic models, none of the SNPs showed a significant association with MI. Separate analyses for men and women revealed no gender-specific relationship between common genetic variations within the CNR2 gene and MI. Moreover, no significant association between CNR2 gene variants and common cardiovascular risk factors was observed. We therefore provide evidence in a large German population that common polymorphisms within the CNR2 gene confer no susceptibility to MI or to cardiovascular risk factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; POPULATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; CANNABIDIOL; MECHANISMS; PRESSURE; CELLS; MICE; SNPS; genetics; CNR2; myocardial infarction; cardiovascular risk factors; polymorphism |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2020 15:47 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2020 15:47 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/30535 |
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