Genetic risk factors for pancreatic disorders

Gastroenterology. 2013 Jun;144(6):1292-302. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.01.069.

Abstract

A combination of genetic, environmental, and metabolic factors contribute to the development and recurrence of acute and chronic pancreatitis; information on all of these is required to manage patients effectively. For example, variants that affect regulation of the protease, serine (PRSS)1-PRSS2, and claudin (CLDN)2 loci, rather than their coding sequences, interact with other genetic and environmental factors to affect disease development. New strategies are needed to use these data and determine their contribution to pathogenesis, because these variants differ from previously studied, rare variants in exons (coding regions) of genes such as PRSS1, SPINK1, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), chymotrypsin (CTR)C, and calcium-sensing receptor (CASR). Learning how various genetic factors affect pancreatic cells and systems could lead to etiology-based therapies rather than treatment of symptoms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Disease Progression
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Pancreatic Diseases / genetics*
  • Pancreatic Diseases / therapy
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors