Association between polymorphisms in the integrin gene predicted microRNA binding sites and bladder cancer risk.

ABSTRACT: Bladder cancer (BC) is the ninth most frequent malignancies in the world and the occurrence of this disease has dramatically increased in recent years. Integrins have been demonstrated to play an important role in the development and progression of BC. However, the association between polymorphisms in integrin genes and BC susceptibility was still unclear. A number of studies mainly focused on polymorphisms in the coding regions of integrin genes previously, while in this study, polymorphisms in the 3' untranslated regions (3'UTR) were investigated in Chinese Han population. According to previous study, seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in predicted microRNA (miRNA) target sites were chosen as potential targets. And four SNPs including rs11902171, rs2675, rs17664, and rs1062484,

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276218 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature