Role of Lysyl oxidase-like 1 gene polymorphisms in Pakistani patients with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma
Publication year
2012Source
Molecular Vision, 18, (2012), pp. 1040-4ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Ophthalmology
Human Genetics
Journal title
Molecular Vision
Volume
vol. 18
Page start
p. 1040
Page end
p. 4
Subject
NCMLS 6: Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease IGMD 3: Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disordersAbstract
PURPOSE: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs1048661 (p.R141L) and rs3825942 (p.G153D) in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) gene have been previously reported to be associated with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG) in various Asian and European populations, but these SNPs have not yet been studied in the Pakistani population. Therefore the aim of the present study was to investigate the association of these two coding LOXL1 SNPs in Pakistani PEXG patients. METHODS: One hundred twenty-eight Pakistani patients diagnosed with PEXG and 180 healthy controls were recruited for the study. Genomic DNA was extracted and both SNPs were genotyped by direct sequencing. Association of genotype and allele frequencies with PEXG were analyzed using the Chi-square (chi(2)) test. RESULTS: Genotype and allele frequencies of both rs1048661 and rs3825942 were found to be significantly associated with PEXG. The GG genotypes of both LOXL1 SNPs were associated with an increased risk of developing PEXG. In addition the G alleles of rs1048661 and rs3825942 confer an increased risk for PEXG with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.98 (95% CI 1.94-4.57) and OR 6.83 (95% CI 2.94-16.67), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A significant association was found for the G allele of rs1048661 and rs3825942 in PEXG patients of Pakistani origin.
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