Lack of MEF2A Delta7aa mutation in Irish families with early onset ischaemic heart disease, a family based study.
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Horan, Paul GAllen, Adrian R
Hughes, Anne E
Patterson, Chris C
Spence, Mark
McGlinchey, Paul G
Belton, Christine
Jardine, Tracy C L
McKeown, Pascal P
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Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK. paul_horan@lineone.netIssue Date
2006MeSH
Age FactorsFemale
Humans
MADS Domain Proteins
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Myocardial Ischemia
Myogenic Regulatory Factors
Northern Ireland
Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Lack of MEF2A Delta7aa mutation in Irish families with early onset ischaemic heart disease, a family based study. 2006, 7:65 BMC Med. Genet.Journal
BMC medical geneticsDOI
10.1186/1471-2350-7-65PubMed ID
16872533Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is a complex disease due to the combination of environmental and genetic factors. Mutations in the MEF2A gene have recently been reported in patients with IHD. In particular, a 21 base pair deletion (Delta7aa) in the MEF2A gene was identified in a family with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance of IHD. We investigated this region of the MEF2A gene using an Irish family-based study, where affected individuals had early-onset IHD. METHODS: A total of 1494 individuals from 580 families were included (800 discordant sib-pairs and 64 parent-child trios). The Delta7aa region of the MEF2A gene was investigated based on amplicon size. RESULTS: The Delta7aa mutation was not detected in any individual. Variation in the number of CAG (glutamate) and CCG (proline) residues was detected in a nearby region. However, this was not found to be associated with IHD. CONCLUSION: The Delta7aa mutation was not detected in any individual within the study population and is unlikely to play a significant role in the development of IHD in Ireland. Using family-based tests of association the number of tri-nucleotide repeats in a nearby region of the MEF2A gene was not associated with IHD in our study group.Language
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1471-2350ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1471-2350-7-65
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