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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase genotype and haplotype are not associated with diabetic retinopathy in diabetes type 2 patients.

Authors: De Syllos, RW  Sandrim, VC  Lisboa, HR  Tres, GS  Tanus-Santos, JE 
Citation: de Syllos RW, etal., Nitric Oxide. 2006 Dec;15(4):417-22. Epub 2006 Apr 3.
RGD ID: 7421531
Pubmed: PMID:16581274   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.niox.2006.02.002   (Journal Full-text)

Polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene have been associated with the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), but not with T2DM. However, no previous study has analyzed combinations of genetic markers (haplotypes), which can be more informative. We studied three eNOS genetic polymorphisms: a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region (T(-786)C), in exon 7 (Glu298Asp), and a variable number of tandem repeats in intron 4 (b/a) in 103 healthy controls, and in 170 patients with T2DM (without DR, N=114; with DR, N=56). We also examined the association of eNOS gene haplotypes with T2DM and with DR. No differences were found in the frequencies of genotypes and alleles of the three polymorphisms among the three groups of subjects. However, the "C-Glu-b" haplotype was more common in healthy controls (24%) than in T2DM patients (7%) (P=0.0001). Finally, no significant difference in the distribution of eNOS haplotypes frequencies was found when T2DM patients with or without DR were compared (P=0.7372). These findings suggest no association between DR and individual eNOS haplotypes in T2DM patients. The "C-Glu-b" haplotype, however, may have a protective effect against T2DM. Further studies should be conducted to address the molecular basis for such an effect.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
diabetic retinopathy no_associationIAGP 7421531associated with Diabetes Mellitus more ...RGD 
diabetic retinopathy no_associationISONOS3 (Homo sapiens)7421531; 7421531associated with Diabetes Mellitus more ...RGD 

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Manual Human Phenotype Annotations - RGD

TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Abnormal posterior segment imaging no_associationIAGP 7421531associated with Diabetes Mellitus more ...RGD 
Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Nos3  (nitric oxide synthase 3)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Nos3  (nitric oxide synthase 3, endothelial cell)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
NOS3  (nitric oxide synthase 3)


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