PCSK9 rs7552841 is associated with plasma lipids profiles in female Chinese adolescents without posttraumatic stress disorder.

PCSK9 rs7552841 is associated with plasma lipids profiles in female Chinese adolescents without posttraumatic stress disorder. Biosci Trends. 2017 Oct 29;: Authors: Guo Q, Si Y, Su M, Fan M, Lin J, Memon NH, Fang D Abstract To explain the inconsistent relationship between proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) rs7552841 and plasma lipids profiles, we hypothesized that interplays might occur among gender, PCSK9 rs7552841 and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on plasma lipids levels. To test this hypothesis, a population of 704 Chinese Han high school students was used, which had been recruited after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. In this population, the plasma levels of glucose, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) had been measured by routine methods. PTSD had been assessed by the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL-C). PCSK9 rs7552841 was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses and verified by DNA sequencing. The T allele carriers had significantly higher levels of TG, TC, LDL-C, and glucose than the CC homozygotes of PCSK9 rs7552841 after the adjustment for age and BMI in the female students, but not in the male students. When PTSD was taken into consideration, the female T allele carriers had significantly higher TG, TC, LDL-C and glucose than the female CC homozygotes...
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