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Association of rs662799 variant and APOA5 gene haplotypes with metabolic syndrome and its components: a meta-analysis in North Africa.

Meriem Hechmi, Hamza Dallali, Meriem Gharbi, Haifa Jmel, Meriem Fassatoui, Yossra Ben Halima, Sonia Bahri, Afaf Bahlous, Abdelmajid Abid, Henda Jamoussi and 2 more

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Synthesis in Bioscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Meriem HechmiLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Hamza DallaliLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Meriem GharbiLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Haifa JmelLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Meriem FassatouiLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Yossra Ben HalimaLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Sonia BahriCentral Laboratory of Medical Biology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Afaf BahlousCentral Laboratory of Medical Biology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Abdelmajid AbidLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Henda JamoussiLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Abdelhamid BarakatLaboratory of Human Molecular Genetics Institut Pasteur du Maroc 1, Place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca, Morocco.
Rym KefiLaboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13 Place Pasteur, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
University of Carthage · TNTunis University · TNInstitut National de Nutrition et de Technologie Alimentaire · TNInstitut Pasteur de Tunis · TNInstitut Pasteur du Maroc · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) has been linked to metabolic syndrome (MetS) in several populations. In North Africa, only the Tunisian and Moroccan populations were investigated. Our aim is to assess the association between APOA5 gene variant (rs662799) and haplotypes with MetS in Tunisian population and to perform a meta-analysis in North Africa. A total of 594 Tunisian participants were genotyped for polymorphism rs662799 using KASPar technology. Two polymorphisms rs3135506 and rs651821 in APOA5 gene genotyped in our previous study, were used in addition to rs662799 to assess the haplotype association with MetS. The genotype of 875 participants was used for the meta-analysis. Statistical analyses were performed with R software. The rs662799 increases the risk of MetS under the dominant (P=0.018) and the additive models (P=0.028) in the Tunisian population. After stratification of the cohort following the sex and the geographic origin, a positive association of rs662799 with MetS was found for participant from the Northern region and for the women group. Only the haplotype AGT showed a significant association with MetS by decreasing the risk of the disease. The meta-analysis reported a significant association of rs662799 and rs3135506 with MetS. Our results showed a significant association between the APOA5 gene variants rs662799 and haplotypes with MetS and its traits in Tunisia. An impact of the sex and the geographic origin on the genotype distribution was highlighted. Our funding emphasizes the role of APOA5 in the development of MetS in North Africa.

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HaplotypesPolymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultApolipoprotein A-VBlack PeopleCase-Control StudiesFemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMaleMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedPhenotypeRisk AssessmentAPOA5 protein, humanApolipoprotein A-VAPOA5 Genegenetic associationMetabolic SyndromeNorth AfricapolymorphismsTunisia

Identifiers

PMID32725151
PMCPMC7426633
OpenAlexW3046033381

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