ISSN: 1837-9664Journal of Cancer
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J Cancer 2020; 11(16):4746-4753. doi:10.7150/jca.40089 This issue Cite
Research Paper
SMADs binding site polymorphisms rs9911630 is associated with susceptibility but not prognosis of gastric cancer: a case control study
1. Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
2. Department of General Surgery, Yixing Tumor Hospital, Yixing, Jiangsu, China.
3. Department of Core Laboratory, Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
*Equal contributors and co-first authors.
Abstract
Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) can change their binding strength, affecting the function of transcription factors (TFs). Small mother against decapentaplegic (SMAD) proteins are known as a family of TFs involved in tumorigenesis. We performed this study to investigate whether SNPs in SMADs binding sites affect the susceptibility or prognosis of gastric cancer (GC).
Methods: Using bioinformatics tools, we focused on the association between rs9911630 polymorphism and GC. We performed this case-control study in 1275 GC patients and 1426 cancer-free subjects using TaqMan allelic discrimination method.
Results: We found that rs9911630 A>G polymorphism was associate to an increased risk of gastric cancer (adjusted OR for additive model = 1.16; 95% CI = 1.03-1.30). Furthermore, we assess whether rs9911630 polymorphism affected the prognosis of GC. However, no significant association was discovered between rs9911630 A>G polymorphism and overall survival time of GC patients (HR for addictive model = 1.01; 95%CI = 0.88-1.15).
Conclusions: Our results suggested that rs9911630 polymorphism in SMADs target site might influence susceptibility but not prognosis of gastric cancer.
Keywords: rs9911630, polymorphisms, susceptibility, gastric cancer
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