Lack of Association Between Genetic Variation in 9 Innate Immunity Genes and Baseline CRP Levels

Annals of Human Genetics
Piotr KozlowskiDavid J Kwiatkowski

Abstract

It is well-known that baseline levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are an independent cardiovascular risk factor. We hypothesized that genetic variation with significant influence on CRP levels might be found in genes of the innate immunity system. We performed a candidate gene association study examining common single nucleotide polymorphisms in 9 innate immunity genes (CARD15, IRAK1, IRAK4, LBP, LY86, MEFV, TLR2, TLR4 and NFKB1) in relation to CRP levels. Seven hundred and seventeen subjects from the Women's Health Study population were studied: 359 and 358 samples with extremely low (<0.2 mg/liter) and high (>5 mg/liter) CRP levels, respectively. SNPs were identified from publicly available resequencing data, using a minor allele frequency threshold of >5% and a linkage disequilibrium (LD)-based strategy (r2> 0.8) to select 63 LD-independent markers. One non-synonymous SNP in TLR4 and two non-synonymous SNPs in CARD15, previously associated with atherosclerosis and Crohn's disease, respectively, were also studied. Univariate, haplotype and gene-gene interaction analyses all indicated no significant association with CRP levels. Although this work excludes a significant association of common SNPs in these nine genes with CRP le...Continue Reading

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