Review Article

Pathological Implications of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Product (AGER) Gene Polymorphism

Table 1

Polymorphisms of the AGER gene (transcript NM_001136.4) studied in this review and their potential consequences.

rsNucleotide changeAmino acid changeExon/111000 genome allele frequency1000 genome CEU allele frequency1000 genome EAS allele frequencyOther namesConsequencesReference

rs2070600c.244G>Ap.Gly82Ser30.0720.0760.219G82SMicroangiopathy in DT2[28]
Diabetic complications[38]
Rheumatoid arthritis[32, 5052]
Cancer[54, 56, 57, 59]
Lung pathologies such as COPD and ARDS[69]
Alzheimer’s disease[7578]
Psychoticism factors[33]

rs1800624c.-388T>APromoter0.150.1920.137-374T/AReduced risk of heart disease[29, 89, 93, 9799]
Reduced risk of cancer[29, 50, 53]
DT1 complications[38, 126]
Reduced risk of Crohn’s disease[101, 102]

rs1800625c.-443T>CPromoter0.1370.1820.096-429T/CDiabetic retinopathy[32, 108110]
Cancer[32]
Lupus[105]
Protective of cardiovascular risk[18, 114]

NAc.-421_-359delPromoter63 bp deletionReduced survival of heart disease in diabetic nephropathy[118]

rs184003c.822+49G>TIntron 7-80.1560.0510.1461704G/TCoronary artery disease[115]
Breast cancer[87]
Diabetes[49]

rs1051993c.-1435G>T5UTR0.0660.0050.081///

rs1800684c.6A>Tp.Ala2=10.0360.1520.008Ischemic stroke in women[72]

rs3131300c.52+14T>CIntron 1-20.1360.1820.094Diabetic retinopathy[81]

rs17846804c.83C>Tp.Ala28Val20.00100.005///

rs3530981c.143G>Ap.Arg48Gln2///

rs35802968c.153G>Ap.Trp51Ter20.00100///

rs35795092c.267C>Gp.Val89=30.0680.0510.004///

rs17846806c.341G>Ap.Arg114Gln3///

rs2269422c.355+38A>GIntron 3-40.04200.131///

rs1035798c.356-57C>TIntron 3-40.150.1870.139Lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis[122]
Small-vessel disease[117]
DT1[38]
Lower risk of pancreatic cancer[86]

rs17846798c.692-23C>TIntron 6-70.0540.0050.033///

rs3134940c.964+208A>GIntron 8-90.1330.1820.093+2184A/GDiabetic nephropathy[41, 109]
High aggressiveness of tumor in clear cell renal cancer[32]
Lupus[105]

rs2853807c.965-163C>TIntron 8-90.03700.07+2245G/A///

rs2071288c.992-6G>AIntron 9-100.0540.0050.033Emphysema in COPD[67]

rs17493811g.32177622C>G3UTR0.0110.0250.012DT1[22, 38]

rs9469089g.32178880G>A3UTR0.1330.1920.114Decreased risk of DT1[22, 38]

DT1: type 1 diabetes; DT2: type 2 diabetes; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.