Common Genetic and Environmental Effects on Lipid Phenotypes: The HERITAGE Family Study
| Autor: | Laura Almasy, D. C. Rao, Tuomo Rankinen, Claude Bouchard, James S. Skinner, Jack H. Wilmore, Mary F. Feitosa, Treva Rice, Arthur S. Leon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Human Heredity. 59:34-40 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0062 0001-5652 |
| Popis: | Objective: Despite the well known genetic component influencing plasma lipid-lipoprotein levels and the observed correlations among these traits, little is known about pleiotropic heritable determinants among them. Our aim is to investigate pair-wise polygenic and environmental correlations among lipid-lipoprotein levels at baseline and in response to regular exercise in Whites and Blacks. Methods: Common pair-wise genetic and environmental correlations among levels of total cholesterol (TC), LDL-C, ApoB, HDL-C (also HDL2-C and HDL3-C), triglycerides (TG, HDL-TG and LDL-TG) and ApoA-1 were investigated at baseline and again after a 20-week endurance exercise program using a variance-components-decomposition. Results: With a few exceptions, all lipid phenotypes were heritable at baseline and for training responses in Blacks and Whites. Strong to high genetic and environmental correlations (0.4 < ρg < 0.7) were observed for the majority of the baseline pair-wise traits. For training responses, many of the same patterns were noted, although fewer genetic correlations were significant as compared to the baseline results. Conclusions: Results suggest that the observed phenotypic correlations among many of these traits may be due to in part to pleiotropic genes, in particular between LDL-C and ApoB and between TG and HDL-C. This shared genetic architecture should be considered in follow-up gene finding studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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