AGXT2 rs37369 polymorphism predicts the renal function in patients with chronic heart failure
AGXT2 rs37369 polymorphism predicts the renal function in patients with chronic heart failure
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AGXT2 rs37369多态性预测慢性心力衰竭患者的肾功能
DOI：
10.1016/j.gene.2017.09.038
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发表时间：
2017-12-30
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Chen, Xiao-Ping
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作者：
Hu, Xiao-Lei;Zeng, Wen-Jing;Chen, Xiao-Ping
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are often accompanied with varying degrees of renal diseases. The purpose of this study was to identify rs37369 polymorphism of AGXT2 specific to the renal function of CHF patients. A total of 1012 southern Chinese participants, including 487 CHF patients without history of renal diseases and 525 healthy volunteers, were recruited for this study. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to determine the genotypes of AGXT2 rs37369 polymorphism. Levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (SCr) were detected to indicate the renal function of the participants. BUN level was significantly higher in CHF patients without history of renal diseases compared with healthy volunteers (p = 0.000). And the similar result was also obtained for SCr (p = 0.000). Besides, our results indicated that the level of BUN correlated significantly with SCr in both the CHF patients without renal diseases (r = 0.4533, p < 0.0001) and volunteers (r = 0.2489, p < 0.0001). Furthermore, we found that the AGXT2 rs37369 polymorphism could significantly affect the level of BUN in CHF patients without history of renal diseases (p = 0.036, AA + AG vs GG). Patients with rs37369 GG genotype showed a significantly reduced level of BUN compared to those with the AA genotype (p = 0.024), and the significant difference was still observed in the smokers of CHF patients without renal diseases (p = 0.023). In conclusion, we found that CHF might induce the impairment of kidney and cause deterioration of renal function. AGXT2 rs37369 polymorphism might affect the renal function of CHF patients free from renal diseases, especially in patients with cigarette smoking.
