TY - JOUR
T1 - CRP genetic variants are associated with mortality and depressive symptoms in chronic heart failure patients
AU - Kittel-Schneider, S.
AU - Kaspar, M.
AU - Berliner, D.
AU - Weber, H.
AU - Deckert, J.
AU - Ertl, G.
AU - Störk, S.
AU - Angermann, C.
AU - Reif, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Objective: Heart failure (HF) is a complex medical condition with a multitude of genetic and other factors being involved in the pathogenesis. Emerging evidence points to an involvement of inflammatory mechanisms at least in subgroups of patients. The same is true for depression and depressive symptoms, which have a high prevalence in HF patients and are risk factors for the development and outcomes of cardiovascular disease. Methods: In 936 patients of the Interdisciplinary Network Heart Failure (INH) program, CRP and IL-6 protein blood levels were measured and genetic variants (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of the CRP and IL6 gene analyzed regarding their influence on mortality. Results: Less common recessive genotypes of two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CRP gene (rs1800947 and rs11265263) were associated with significantly higher mortality risk (p < 0.006), higher CRP levels (p = 0.029, p = 0.006) and increased depressive symptoms in the PHQ-9 (p = 0.005, p = 0.003). Variants in the IL-6 gene were not associated with mortality. Conclusion: Our results hint towards an association of less common CRP genetic variants with increased mortality risk, depressive symptoms and peripheral CRP levels in this population of HF patients thereby suggesting a possible role of the inflammatory system as link between poor prognosis in HF and depressive symptoms.
AB - Objective: Heart failure (HF) is a complex medical condition with a multitude of genetic and other factors being involved in the pathogenesis. Emerging evidence points to an involvement of inflammatory mechanisms at least in subgroups of patients. The same is true for depression and depressive symptoms, which have a high prevalence in HF patients and are risk factors for the development and outcomes of cardiovascular disease. Methods: In 936 patients of the Interdisciplinary Network Heart Failure (INH) program, CRP and IL-6 protein blood levels were measured and genetic variants (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of the CRP and IL6 gene analyzed regarding their influence on mortality. Results: Less common recessive genotypes of two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CRP gene (rs1800947 and rs11265263) were associated with significantly higher mortality risk (p < 0.006), higher CRP levels (p = 0.029, p = 0.006) and increased depressive symptoms in the PHQ-9 (p = 0.005, p = 0.003). Variants in the IL-6 gene were not associated with mortality. Conclusion: Our results hint towards an association of less common CRP genetic variants with increased mortality risk, depressive symptoms and peripheral CRP levels in this population of HF patients thereby suggesting a possible role of the inflammatory system as link between poor prognosis in HF and depressive symptoms.
KW - C-reactive protein
KW - Heart failure
KW - Interleukin-6
KW - Major depression
KW - Single nucleotide polymorphism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85045018698
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 29627531
AN - SCOPUS:85045018698
SN - 0889-1591
VL - 71
SP - 133
EP - 141
JO - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
JF - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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