TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymorphisms in inflammation-related genes and risk of gastric cancer (Finland)
AU - Kamangar, Farin
AU - Abnet, Christian C.
AU - Hutchinson, Amy A.
AU - Newschaffer, Craig
AU - Helzlsouer, Kathy
AU - Shugart, Yin Yao
AU - Pietinen, Pirjo
AU - Dawsey, Sanford M.
AU - Albanes, Demetrius
AU - Virtamo, Jarmo
AU - Taylor, Philip R.
PY - 2006/2/1
Y1 - 2006/2/1
N2 - Helicobacter pylori infection is an important risk factor for gastric cancer, but <3% of carriers of this organism will ever develop gastric cancer. Since inflammation plays a significant role in gastric carcinogenesis, it has been suggested that polymorphisms in genes involved in inflammatory response may partly explain why only a subgroup of patients infected with H. pylori develop gastric cancer. We compared relative frequencies of 17 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight inflammation-related genes between 112 gastric cancer patients and 208 controls. Cases and controls were selected from a large cohort of Finnish male smokers who were recruited into the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study. The studied SNPs were IL-1A (-889 C/T), IL-1B (-511 C/T and -31 T/C), IL-6 (-174 G/C and -597 G/A), IL-8 (-251 T/A, +396 T/G and +781 C/T), IL-8RA (Ex2 +860 G/C), IL-8RB (Exon 3 +1235 T/C, Exon 3 +811 C/T, and Exon 3 +1010 G/A), IL-10 (-819 C/T, -592 C/A, -1082 A/G), and TNF A (-308 G/A, -238 G/A). We found no statistically significant association between any of these SNPs, or the number of pro-inflammatory polymorphisms, with risk of gastric cancer. Our results do not support the hypothesis that polymorphisms in genes involved in the inflammatory response confer differences in gastric cancer risk among different individuals.
AB - Helicobacter pylori infection is an important risk factor for gastric cancer, but <3% of carriers of this organism will ever develop gastric cancer. Since inflammation plays a significant role in gastric carcinogenesis, it has been suggested that polymorphisms in genes involved in inflammatory response may partly explain why only a subgroup of patients infected with H. pylori develop gastric cancer. We compared relative frequencies of 17 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight inflammation-related genes between 112 gastric cancer patients and 208 controls. Cases and controls were selected from a large cohort of Finnish male smokers who were recruited into the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study. The studied SNPs were IL-1A (-889 C/T), IL-1B (-511 C/T and -31 T/C), IL-6 (-174 G/C and -597 G/A), IL-8 (-251 T/A, +396 T/G and +781 C/T), IL-8RA (Ex2 +860 G/C), IL-8RB (Exon 3 +1235 T/C, Exon 3 +811 C/T, and Exon 3 +1010 G/A), IL-10 (-819 C/T, -592 C/A, -1082 A/G), and TNF A (-308 G/A, -238 G/A). We found no statistically significant association between any of these SNPs, or the number of pro-inflammatory polymorphisms, with risk of gastric cancer. Our results do not support the hypothesis that polymorphisms in genes involved in the inflammatory response confer differences in gastric cancer risk among different individuals.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-005-0439-7
DO - 10.1007/s10552-005-0439-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 16411061
AN - SCOPUS:30644462073
SN - 0957-5243
VL - 17
SP - 117
EP - 125
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
IS - 1
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