PMID- 37249455 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230603 LR - 20231124 IS - 2359-4292 (Electronic) IS - 2359-3997 (Print) IS - 2359-3997 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 5 DP - 2023 May 25 TI - Polymorphisms in TIE2 and ANGPT-1 genes are associated with protection against diabetic retinopathy in a Brazilian population. PG - e000624 LID - 2359-3997000000624 [pii] LID - 10.20945/2359-3997000000624 [doi] LID - e000624 AB - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between SNPs in the TIE2 and ANGPT-1 genes and diabetic retinopathy (DR). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study comprised 603 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and DR (cases) and 388 patients with T2DM for more than 10 years and without DR (controls). The TIE2 rs639225 (A/G) and rs638203 (A/G) SNPs and the ANGPT-1 rs4324901 (G/T) and rs2507800 (T/A) SNPs were genotyped by real-time PCR using TaqMan MGB probes. RESULTS: The G/G genotype of the rs639225/TIE2, the G/G genotype of the rs638203/ TIE2 and the T allele of the rs4324901/ANGPT-1 SNPs were associated with protection against DR after adjustment for age, glycated hemoglobin, gender, and presence of hypertension (P = 0.042, P = 0.003, and P = 0.028, respectively). No association was found between the rs2507800/ANGPT-1 SNP and DR. CONCLUSION: We demonstrated, for the first time, the association of TIE2 rs638203 and rsrs939225 SNPs and ANGPT-1 rs4324901 SNP with protection against DR in a Brazilian population. FAU - Dieter, Cristine AU - Dieter C AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Lemos, Natalia Emerim AU - Lemos NE AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - de Faria Correa, Nathalia Rodrigues AU - de Faria Correa NR AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Assmann, Tais Silveira AU - Assmann TS AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Pellenz, Felipe Mateus AU - Pellenz FM AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Canani, Luis Henrique AU - Canani LH AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - de Almeida Brondani, Leticia AU - de Almeida Brondani L AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Bauer, Andrea Carla AU - Bauer AC AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Divisao de Nefrologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Crispim, Daisy AU - Crispim D AD - Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Servico de Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Medicas: Endocrinologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, dcmoreira@hcpa.edu.br. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Brazil TA - Arch Endocrinol Metab JT - Archives of endocrinology and metabolism JID - 101652058 RN - 0 (ANGPT1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (TEK protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Brazil MH - Case-Control Studies MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics/complications MH - *Diabetic Retinopathy/genetics MH - Gene Frequency/genetics MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics MH - Genotype MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics PMC - PMC10665047 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ANGPT-1 gene OT - TIE2 gene OT - diabetic retinopathy OT - polymorphism OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- Disclosure: no potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. EDAT- 2023/05/30 13:07 MHDA- 2023/06/01 06:42 PMCR- 2023/05/29 CRDT- 2023/05/30 10:04 PHST- 2023/06/01 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/30 13:07 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/30 10:04 [entrez] PHST- 2023/05/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2359-3997000000624 [pii] AID - 10.20945/2359-3997000000624 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2023 May 25;67(5):e000624. doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000624.