2150-PUB: Chemotactic Cytokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) Gene Promoter Polymorphism (rs1799987) Is Associated with the Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Polish Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Background and Aims: The environmental risk factors of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) do not allow identification of people at higher risk of it. A lot of expectations are being placed to the genetic predisposition. Among patients with diabetes, the presence of CCR5 gene polymorphism is suspected to be associated with DKD, yet the results are inconclusive. The aim of this study was to evaluate its association with DKD among Polish patients with type 2 (T2DM). Materials and Methods: CCR5 gene polymorphism (rs1799987, 59029 A/G) was assessed among 467 consecutive patients with T2DM visiting one outpatient diabetology clinic in Upper Silesia, Poland. DKD diagnosis was based on urinary albumin creatinine ratio >300 mg/g and the presence of diabetic retinopathy. Information related to time of diabetes duration and HbA1c were collected. Results: Clinical characteristic of studied patients is presented in Table 1. We found that both GG genotype (p=0.035) and allele G (p=0.02) were significantly associated with DKD occurrence and G allele was present in all of the DKD patients. Conclusion: A significant association between rs1799987 polymorphism of CCR5 gene and the presence of DKD in the group of Polish patients with T2DM was found what is in accordance with some previous studies. Further studies are needed in this area to confirm this association.