Association between osteoprotegerin gene G1181C polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women:A Meta-analysis / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:Genetic studies have shown that there may be association between osteoprotegerin gene G1181C polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, but there are some differences in the conclusions. OBJECTIVE:To study the association between osteoprotegerin gene G1181C polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women through Meta-analysis. METHODS:The PubMed database, Embase database, CNKI database and Wanfang database were searched for the observational studies about the association between osteoprotegerin gene G1181C polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. The standardized mean difference was considered as the effect indicator and calculated with random or fixed effect models according to the significance of heterogeneity. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:A total of 9 articles were included with a total of 8 799 and 9 365 participants for which vertebral and spine bone mineral density had been measured, respectively. The analysis results showed that the bone mineral density of the postmenopausal women with the G al ele of G1181C was significantly lower than that of the postmenopausal women with the C al ele. Similar results were obtained in Caucasian population subgroup analysis. The Caucasian population subgroup analysis showed that the bone mineral density of the postmenopausal women with GG genotype of G1181C was lower than that of the postmenopausal women with GC and CC genotype. The results indicate that there is association between osteoprotegerin gene G1181C polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, and G al ele is a risk factor for lower bone mineral density.

Development of autosomal SNP fluorescent-multiplex by the method of fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR / 中国法医学杂志

Objective To develop autosomal SNP fluorescent-multiplex PCR system,and investigate the allele frequencies of these 13 SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population.Methods After selected 13 autosomal SNP loci,SNP fluorescent-multiplex system was developed based on the principle of fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR,and the allele frequencies of these SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population were investigated using the established system.Results For the same SNP locus,the homozygote showed a single product peak,and the heterozygote showed two product peaks with different length.For the different SNP loci,the lengths of their PCR products were different.Therefore,we could genotype the 13 SNP loci simultaneously according to the length of products and the amount of product peaks,and the results were in accordance with that of direct sequencing.In the meanwhile,the allelic frequencies of these 13 SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population were obtained.Conclusion The SNP fluorescent-multiplex system based on the fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR strategy is simple and economical,and is of a high application value in forensic medicine.