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OBJECTIVE: To follow-up previous studies highlighting a possible role for cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, 19 (CYP2C19) in susceptibility to endometriosis by searching for additional variants in the CYP2C19 gene that may be associated with the disease. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Academic research. SUBJECT(S): The cases comprised 2,271 women with surgically confirmed endometriosis; the controls comprised 939 women with self-report of no endometriosis and 1,770 unscreened population samples. INTERVENTION(S): Sequencing of the CYP2C19 region and follow-up of 80 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in two case-control samples. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Allele frequency differences between cases and controls. RESULT(S): Sequencing of the CYP2C19 gene region resulted in the detection of a large number of known and novel SNPs. Genotyping of 80 polymorphic SNPs in 901 endometriosis cases and 939 controls resulted in study-wide significant association signals for SNPs in moderate or complete linkage disequilibrium with rs4244285, a functional SNP in exon 5 that abrogates CYP2C19 function through the creation of an alternative splice site. Evidence of association was also detected for another functional SNP in the CYP2C19 promoter, rs12248560, which was highlighted in our previous study. CONCLUSION(S): Functional variants in CYP2C19 may contribute to endometriosis susceptibility in both familial and sporadic cases.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.015

Type

Journal article

Journal

Fertil Steril

Publication Date

08/2014

Volume

102

Pages

496 - 502.e5

Keywords

CYP2C19, Endometriosis, association, pooled sequencing, rs12248560, rs4244285, Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, Case-Control Studies, Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19, Endometriosis, Exons, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heredity, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Pedigree, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Promoter Regions, Genetic, RNA Splice Sites, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, DNA