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Genetic and physiologic correlates of longitudinal immunoreactive trypsinogen decline in infants with cystic fibrosis identified through newborn screening
Authors:Sontag Marci K  Corey Mary  Hokanson John E  Marshall Julie A  Sommer Steve S  Zerbe Gary O  Accurso Frank J
Affiliation:Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. sontag.marc@tchden.org
Abstract:OBJECTIVES: To characterize the time course and physiologic significance of decline in serum immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) levels in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) by mode of diagnosis and genotype, and to examine IRT heritability. STUDY DESIGN: We studied longitudinal IRT measurements in 317 children with CF. We developed statistical models to describe IRT decline. Pancreatic disease severity (Mild or Severe) was assigned using CF genotype and was confirmed in 47 infants through fat malabsorption studies. RESULTS: Infants with severe disease exhibited IRT decline with non-detectable levels typically seen by 5 years of age. Infants with mild disease exhibited a decline in the first 2 years, asymptomatically approaching a level greater than published norms. IRT and fecal fat were inversely correlated. IRT values in infants with meconium ileus (MI) were significantly lower than newborn-screened infants at birth. The high proportion of shared variation in predicted IRT values among sibling pairs with severe disease suggests that IRT is heritable. CONCLUSIONS: IRT declines characteristically in infants with CF. Lower IRT values in newborns with MI suggest increased pancreatic injury. Furthermore, IRT is heritable among patients with severe disease suggesting genetic modifiers of early CF pancreatic injury. This study demonstrates heritability of a statistically modeled quantitative phenotype.
Keywords:CF, Cystic fibrosis   CFTR, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator   FN, False-negative   HAZ, Height for age Z score   IRT, Immunoreactive trypsinogen   MI, Meconium ileus   NBS, Newborn screening   PI, Pancreatic insufficient   PS, Pancreatic sufficient   WAZ, Weight for age Z score
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