The eQTL-missense polymorphisms of APOBEC3H are associated with lung cancer risk in a Han Chinese population.

ABSTRACT: APOBEC (Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like) enzymes may involve in mutagenic processes in multiple cancer types, including lung cancer. APOBEC family of cytidine deaminases induces base substitutions with a stringent TCW motif, which is widespread in multiple human cancers. We hypothesized that common missense variants in coding regions of APOBEC genes might damage the structure of proteins and modify lung cancer risk. To test this hypothesis, we systematically screened predicted deleterious polymorphisms in the exon regions of 10 APOBEC core genes (APOBEC1, APOBEC2, APOBEC3A, APOBEC3B, APOBEC3C, APOBEC3D, APOBEC3F, APOBEC3G, APOBEC3H, and APOBEC4) and evaluated them with a case-control study including 1200 cases and 1253 controls. We found that the T allele o

SUBMITTER: Zhu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4602211 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature