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Identification and functional analysis of atrial fibrillation -associated loci through genomewide association study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21790711
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Circulatory organs internal medicine
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

EBANA Yusuke  Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 難治疾患研究所, 助教 (60517043)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2010
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywords心房細動 / SNP / GWAS / ゲノムワイド研究 / 個別化医療 / 全ゲノム解析
Research Abstract

We identified 4q25 as an atrial fibrillation (AF) associated locus. Functional analyses revealed that this genetic region has enhancer and silencer function, which indicates that the cis-regulatory elements make genes in the neighborhood activated or silent, and finally that they confer the AF susceptibility. Next, as clinical study, we investigated whether the efficacy rate of pulmonary vein isolation (namely, catheter ablation for AF) depended on this SNP allele. The risk allele homozygotic carriers recurred more frequently than others. These findings might lead to clinical practice in the near future.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2010 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2009 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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