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. 2019 Sep 27;31(14):1027–1052. doi: 10.1089/ars.2018.7701

Table 2.

Top Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Literature—Genome-Wide Association Study Risk

Gene Predictive SNPs Population Study
GWAS risk SNPs
 ABCC1 Rs3887893 (p = 0.0001, meta) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 765 Stage II ARDS trauma population, 838 stage II ARDS sepsis population; direct vs. indirect ARDS association and meta-analysis (75)
 ARSD Rs78142040 (3.64e-47) ARDSNet 213 ARDS patients, 440 (379 EUR and 61 ASW) controls; Exome-seq case/control association (161)
 FAAH Rs324420 (p = 0.0131) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 765 Stage II ARDS trauma population, 838 stage II ARDS sepsis population; direct vs. indirect ARDS association and meta-analysis (75)
 HEATR1 Rs2115740(p = 6.53 × 10−5, unadjusted) African American descent (Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL) 232 ARDS cases, 162 ICU controls (53)
 IL1RN Rs315952 (p = 0.0023), rs380092 (p = 0.026) European descent (Philadelphia, PA) Association stage II (n = 606) ARDS and stage III (n = 561) ARDS (74)
 PDE4B Rs12080701 (p = 0.0005, meta), Rs17419964 (p = 0.0002, meta) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 765 Stage II ARDS trauma population, 838 stage II ARDS sepsis population; direct vs. indirect ARDS association and meta-analysis (75)
 POPDC3 rs1190286 (p = 0.0094) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 765 Stage II ARDS trauma population, 838 stage II ARDS sepsis population; direct vs. indirect ARDS association and meta-analysis (75)
 PPFIA1 Rs471931(p = 0.0021) European descent (Philadelphia, PA) Two-stage GWAS; phase 1 compared 600 ARDS trauma-associated ALI, 2266 population-based controls; phase 2 compared 212 ALI cases and 238 at-risk controls (71)
 SELPLG Rs109017898(p = 1.5 × e-04, p = 0.005, discovery, meta) African American descent (Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL) 232 ARDS cases, 162 ICU controls (53)
 TACR2 Rs61732394(p = 6.24 × 10−4) African American descent (Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL) 232 ARDS cases, 162 ICU controls (53)
 TNFRSF11A Rs9960450 (p = 5.3 × 10−3, meta), Rs17069902 (p = 0.0001, meta) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 765 Stage II ARDS trauma population, 838 stage II ARDS sepsis population; direct vs. indirect ARDS association and meta-analysis (75)
 XKR3 Rs9605146 (1.68 × 10−59) ARDSNet 213 ARDS patients, 440 (379 EUR and 61 ASW) controls; Exome-seq case/control association (161)
 ZNF335 Rs3848719 (p = 2.86e-04) ARDSNet 213 ARDS patients, 440 (379 EUR and 61 ASW) controls; Exome-seq case/control association (161)
GWAS survival-specific risk SNPs
 ADIPOQ Rs2082940 (p = 0.0039) ICU (MGH and BIDMC, Boston) 2067 ICU patients; 567 ARDS patients; prospective risk and mortality study (169)
 FER Rs4957796 (p = 0.0144) European descent (Gottingen, Germany) 441 Total ARDS patients, 274 ARDS patients with pneumonia; 90-day survival; prospective case–control (166)

ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ASW, African ancestry in the Southwest USA; EUR, European; GWAS, genome-wide association study; ICU, intensive care unit; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; XRK3, XK-related 3.