AIM:To analyze the association between the p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism(a.k.a.,the GC/AT variation) and colorectal cancer risk and survival in the Korean population,and to evaluate the relationships between p73 pol...AIM:To analyze the association between the p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism(a.k.a.,the GC/AT variation) and colorectal cancer risk and survival in the Korean population,and to evaluate the relationships between p73 polymorphism and the p73 protein expression or clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer.METHODS:Three hundred and eighty-three histologically confirmed cases and 469 healthy controls,recruited at one teaching hospital in Pusan,Korea from 2001 and 2007,were genotyped for p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 by PCR with confronting two-pair primers(PCR-CTPP) and the expression profile of p73 in cancer tissues(n=383) was analyzed by immunohistochemistry.RESULTS:Odds ratios(ORs) and 95% confidence intervals(CIs) were calculated by unconditional logistic regression model adjusted for age and gender.Compared with the GC/GC genotypes,the GC/AT and AT/AT genotypes were significantly associated with colorectal cancer risk(GC/AT vs GC/GC:OR = 1.46,95% CI:1.10-1.94;AT/AT vs GC/GC:1.72,0.98-3.03;Ptrend=0.01).When stratified by age and gender,the association was restricted to those less than 60 years of age(GC/AT or AT/AT vs GC/GC:2.22,1.39-3.55) and male(GC/AT or AT/AT vs GC/GC:1.91,1.31-2.77).The expression of p73 was associated with invasion depth(P = 0.003) and advanced Duke's stage(P = 0.06) of colorectal cancer.The patients with the GC/GC genotype were associated with worse survival compared with those with the other genotypes(P = 0.02).However,no signif icant relationship was observed between the p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism and p73 protein expression in cancer tissues.CONCLUSION:Our results suggest that the p73 GC/AT polymorphism is associated with an increased colorectal cancer risk and survival in the Korean population.展开更多
基金Supported by The Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the MRCCMT at Dong-A University
文摘AIM:To analyze the association between the p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism(a.k.a.,the GC/AT variation) and colorectal cancer risk and survival in the Korean population,and to evaluate the relationships between p73 polymorphism and the p73 protein expression or clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer.METHODS:Three hundred and eighty-three histologically confirmed cases and 469 healthy controls,recruited at one teaching hospital in Pusan,Korea from 2001 and 2007,were genotyped for p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 by PCR with confronting two-pair primers(PCR-CTPP) and the expression profile of p73 in cancer tissues(n=383) was analyzed by immunohistochemistry.RESULTS:Odds ratios(ORs) and 95% confidence intervals(CIs) were calculated by unconditional logistic regression model adjusted for age and gender.Compared with the GC/GC genotypes,the GC/AT and AT/AT genotypes were significantly associated with colorectal cancer risk(GC/AT vs GC/GC:OR = 1.46,95% CI:1.10-1.94;AT/AT vs GC/GC:1.72,0.98-3.03;Ptrend=0.01).When stratified by age and gender,the association was restricted to those less than 60 years of age(GC/AT or AT/AT vs GC/GC:2.22,1.39-3.55) and male(GC/AT or AT/AT vs GC/GC:1.91,1.31-2.77).The expression of p73 was associated with invasion depth(P = 0.003) and advanced Duke's stage(P = 0.06) of colorectal cancer.The patients with the GC/GC genotype were associated with worse survival compared with those with the other genotypes(P = 0.02).However,no signif icant relationship was observed between the p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism and p73 protein expression in cancer tissues.CONCLUSION:Our results suggest that the p73 GC/AT polymorphism is associated with an increased colorectal cancer risk and survival in the Korean population.
