MET tyrosine kinase and its ligand,hepatocyte growth factor(HGF),play a pivotal role in the activties of tumor cells.A germline missense variant in exon 2 of the MET gene,N375S(rs33917957 A>G),may alter the binding...MET tyrosine kinase and its ligand,hepatocyte growth factor(HGF),play a pivotal role in the activties of tumor cells.A germline missense variant in exon 2 of the MET gene,N375S(rs33917957 A>G),may alter the binding affinity of MET for HGF and thus modify the risk of tumorigenesis.In this study,we performed a case-control study to assess the association between N375S and gastric cancer risk in 1,681 gastric cancer cases and 1,858 cancer-free controls.Logistic regression analysis was applied to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios(ORs) and 95% confidence intervals(CIs) for the associations between genotypes and gastric cancer risk.We found that MET N375S variant genotypes(NS/SS) were associated with a significantly decreased risk of gastric cancer(OR = 0.78,95% CI = 0.63-0.96,P = 0.021) compared with the wildtype homozygote(NN).The finding indicates that this germline variant in MET may decrease gastric cancer susceptibility in Han Chinese.展开更多
Objective:Inflammation induced by H.pylori colonization in the stomach is related to the development of gastric cancer and the genetic variations of the genes involved in the immune responses modify the host response ...Objective:Inflammation induced by H.pylori colonization in the stomach is related to the development of gastric cancer and the genetic variations of the genes involved in the immune responses modify the host response to the infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether polymorphisms in the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene, a key regulator of both innate and adaptive immunity, were related to the susceptibility togastric cancer in a Chinese population. Methods: Two variations in the 5'-flanking region of TLR4 (rs1927914 T>C and rs10759932 T>C) were genotyped by using the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay in a case-control study of 1,053 incident gastric cancer cases and 1,100 cancer-free controls in a Chinese population. Results: Individuals carrying the C allele of rs10759932 had a significantly reduced risk of gastric cancer (adjusted OR=0.81; 95%CI=0.67-0.96), compared with the wild-type homozygote (TT), and the protective effect was not significantly different among subgroups stratified by age, sex, smoking, drinking and H.pylori infection status (P for heterogeneity >0.05). No significant association was observed between rs1927914 and gastric cancer risk in this study population. Conclusion: The T to C allele substitution of rs10759932 may play a protective role in gastric carcinogenesis in a Chinese population. Large studies with different ethnic populations are warranted to confirm these findings.展开更多
基金supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81001276 and No.81072380)a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘MET tyrosine kinase and its ligand,hepatocyte growth factor(HGF),play a pivotal role in the activties of tumor cells.A germline missense variant in exon 2 of the MET gene,N375S(rs33917957 A>G),may alter the binding affinity of MET for HGF and thus modify the risk of tumorigenesis.In this study,we performed a case-control study to assess the association between N375S and gastric cancer risk in 1,681 gastric cancer cases and 1,858 cancer-free controls.Logistic regression analysis was applied to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios(ORs) and 95% confidence intervals(CIs) for the associations between genotypes and gastric cancer risk.We found that MET N375S variant genotypes(NS/SS) were associated with a significantly decreased risk of gastric cancer(OR = 0.78,95% CI = 0.63-0.96,P = 0.021) compared with the wildtype homozygote(NN).The finding indicates that this germline variant in MET may decrease gastric cancer susceptibility in Han Chinese.
基金supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30700684 and 30671814)Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation (BK2008221)the Key Project of Nanjing Medical University (09NJMUZ12)
文摘Objective:Inflammation induced by H.pylori colonization in the stomach is related to the development of gastric cancer and the genetic variations of the genes involved in the immune responses modify the host response to the infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether polymorphisms in the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene, a key regulator of both innate and adaptive immunity, were related to the susceptibility togastric cancer in a Chinese population. Methods: Two variations in the 5'-flanking region of TLR4 (rs1927914 T>C and rs10759932 T>C) were genotyped by using the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay in a case-control study of 1,053 incident gastric cancer cases and 1,100 cancer-free controls in a Chinese population. Results: Individuals carrying the C allele of rs10759932 had a significantly reduced risk of gastric cancer (adjusted OR=0.81; 95%CI=0.67-0.96), compared with the wild-type homozygote (TT), and the protective effect was not significantly different among subgroups stratified by age, sex, smoking, drinking and H.pylori infection status (P for heterogeneity >0.05). No significant association was observed between rs1927914 and gastric cancer risk in this study population. Conclusion: The T to C allele substitution of rs10759932 may play a protective role in gastric carcinogenesis in a Chinese population. Large studies with different ethnic populations are warranted to confirm these findings.
