Polymorphisms analysis for association between ADIPO signaling pathway and genetic susceptibility to T2DM in Chinese...

The aim of the present study is to explored the relationship between ADIPO signalling pathway and T2DM, to provide clues for further study of the pathogenesis of T2DM and to determine the possible drug targets. This study employed a case-control study design. Twenty-three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 13 genes in the selected ADIPO signalling pathway were genotyped by SNPscan^TM kit. All statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 25.0, PLINK 1.07, R 2.14.2, Haploview 4.2, SNPstats, and other statistical software packages. In the association analysis based on a single SNPs, rs1044471 had statistical significance in the overdominant model without adjusting covariates. Rs1042531 had statistical significance in the overdominant model. Rs12718444 had statistical significance in the recessive model. There was a linkage disequilibrium between the loci within 9 genes, and the two loci in RXRA gene did not form blocks. Four kernel functions were used for SNPs set analysis based on ADIPO signalling pathway showed that there was no statistical significance whether covariates were added or not, P>0.05.According to our research results, it is found that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (ADIPOR2 rs1044471, PCK1 rs1042531, GLUT1 rs12718444) in the adiponectin signalling pathway may be associated with T2DM.