@inproceedings{4e591ce34b224dd59a815cb2c191b9e8,
title = "Gene-environment interactions between arsenic exposure from drinking water and genetic susceptibility in cardiovascular disease risk and carotid artery intima-media thickness in Bangladesh",
abstract = "Arsenic exposure from drinking water has been linked to subclinical and clinical outcomes of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, no large-scale studies have evaluated whether the cardiovascular effects of arsenic exposure could be modified by genetic factors. Using data from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh, we evaluated whether the association between arsenic exposure and CVD risk or carotid artery Intima-Media Thickness (cIMT) differs by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 18 genes related to arsenic metabolism, oxidative stress, and inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. We found significant interactions between well-water As and two SNPs in ICAM1 and VCAM1 in CVD risk, and of both well-water As and urinary As with 3 SNPs in AS3MT in cIMT. Our data provide novel evidence that the cardiovascular effects of arsenic exposure may vary with some common genetic variants in genes related to arsenic metabolism and endothelial dysfunction.",
author = "F. Wu and Liu, {M. L.} and X. Cheng and Jiang, {J. Y.} and Y. Chen and F. Parvez and V. Slavkovich and D. Levy and Graziano, {J. H.} and F. Jasmine and Kibriya, {M. G.} and H. Ahsan and T. Islam and A. Ahmed and M. Rakibuz-Zaman and S. Roy and R. Paul-Brutus",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1201/b16767-226",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781138001411",
series = "One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014): As 2014 - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment",
publisher = "CRC Press/Balkema",
pages = "610--612",
booktitle = "One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014)",
note = "5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, As 2014 ; Conference date: 11-05-2014 Through 16-05-2014",
}