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

Table 3.

Top Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Literature—Candidate Gene Risk

Gene Predictive SNPs Population Study
Candidate gene risk SNPs
 ACE D/D (p = 0.00004, healthy population, p = 0.0008 CABG patients) European descent (University of College London Hospitals) 88 Respiratory failure patients, 174 CABG controls (192)
 AGER Rs2070600 (A/A, Ser/Ser, p < 0.0001) European descent (Clermont-Ferrand, France) 59 ARDS, 405 controls; log rank test with case–control (178)
 AGT Rs699 (0.028, dom) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 68 NP ARDS cases, 198 NP controls (179)
 AhR Rs2066853 (0.0012, dom) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 68 NP ARDS cases, 198 NP controls (179)
 CYP1A1 Rs2606345 (0.0027, dom) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 68 NP ARDS cases, 198 NP controls (179)
 DIO2 Rs12885300 (p = 0.039) African and European descent (American-European Consensus Criteria) 327 European Americans: 139 sever sepsis, 78 severe sepsis + ARDS/ALI, 188 controls; 261 African Americans: 78 severe sepsis, 41 severe sepsis + ARDS/ALI, 187 controls (187)
Rs225014 (p = 0.009)
 EGF Rs4444903 (p = 0.005, males), rs2298991 (p = 0.019, males), Rs7692976 (p = 0.005, males), Rs6533485 (p = 0.025, males) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 416 ARDS cases (246 survivors, 170 died), 1052 ICU controls; 887 males and 581 females (180)
 GADD45a Rs581000 (p = 0.009) African Americans Chicago Study and Spanish Study (Chicago, IL) African American Chicago cohort: 71 severe sepsis, 40 sepsis + ALI, 182 controls; Spanishcohort: 80 severe sepsis, 66 sepsis + ALI, 95 controls (61)
 IL-13 1 SNP (431 A>Gr, p = 0.008) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 347 Controls, 74 ARDS cases; logistic regression adjusted case/control (98)
 IL-4 1 SNP (−589 C>T, p = 0.01) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 345 Controls, 72 ARDS cases; logistic regression adjusted case/control (98)
 IL-6 −174G/C allele (p = 0.03) European descent Twin study on lung function, 427 twins (232 women, 195 men) (36, 41)
 MAP3K1 Rs832582 (p = 0.01, rec) FACTT and ARDSNet (Seattle WA) 241 ARDS patients, 346 healthy, locally matched controls (193)
 MIF 2 SNPs (rs755622, p = 0.03; Rs2070767, p = 0.04) European descent, African descent 288 European: 113 severe sepsis, 90 sepsis-associate ALI, 85 healthy controls; 218 African: 69 severe sepsis, 61 sepsis-associated ALI, 88 healthy controls (50)
 MYLK Rs820336 (p = 0.002) European and African descent (John Hopkins University and Medical College of Wisconsin) European: 92 ALI, 99 sepsis, 85 healthy controls; African: 43 ALI, 51 sepsis, 61 healthy control (91)
Rs936170 (p = 0.009)
Rs936170 (p = 0.025)
 NAMPT/PBEF 2 SNPs (−948, p = 0.015–2422, p = 0.03) European descent 374 ARDS patients and 787 at-risk controls; nested case–control (88)
 NFE2L2 7 SNPS (p-values: 0.0069–0.0089) Spanish Network 321 Severe sepsis and ARDS; 871 population-based controls; case–control (76)
 PI3 Rs1983649 (p = 0.034, add), Rs2664581 (p = 0.004, 0.023, add, dom) European descent (MGH, Boston, MA) 449 ARDS patients, 1031 at-risk controls; case–control (181, 182)
 S1PR3 2 SNPS (rs7022797, p = 0.017; Rs11137480, p = 0.042) European and African descent (Chicago, IL) 71 European ARDS and 24 African ARDS; 186 European controls, 185 African controls (66)
 SP-B 1 SNP (606-bp variant allele, 1580 C/T) MGH (Boston, MA), European descent (German) 72 ARDS cases, 117 controls; nested case–control (177) 52 ARDS patients, 46 healthy controls (44)
 TLR1 1 SNP (rs5743551, p = 0.002) European descent (Seattle, WA) 138 Severe sepsis ARDS, 107 ALI, 167 healthy controls (23)
Candidate gene survival-specific risk SNPs
 IL-1B 1 SNP (−511 G>A, p = 0.0019) European descent (Moscow, Russia) 321 Controls, 91 mortality cases; adjusted logistic regression for case–control mortality (150)
 NAMPT/PBEF −1001G (p = 0.001) European descent 374 ARDS patients and 787 at-risk controls; nested case–control (101)
−1543T (p = 0.03)
 PHD2 1 SNP (rs516651, p = 0.002) European descent (Duisburg-Essen, Germany) 264 ARDS (70 died); case–control (184)
 TNF TNF-308 (p = 0.0006) Brazilian septic and ARDS pediatric patients 490 Septic and ARDS patients; 610 controls (119)
TNF-863 (p = 0.01)

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; D/D, deletion/deletion; DIO2, iodothyronine deiodinase 2; GADD45a, growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene; NP, nosocomial pneumonia.