Superoxide dismutase 2 gene and cancer risk: evidence from an updated meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Superoxide dismutase, one of the antioxidant enzymes, plays an important role in defense against reactive oxygen species. Many previous studies reported the association between SOD2 polymorphism and the cancer risk but the results were divergent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the association between SOD2 polymorphism and the cancer susceptibility. We searched in Electronic database including Pubmed, Embase, google of scholar, and Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) for this meta-analysis. Odds ratio (OR), 95 confidence interval (CI), and p value were calculated to evaluate the relation between SOD2 polymorphism and risk of cancer using Comprehensive Meta-analysis software (Corporation, NJ, USA). The fifty-two studies including 26,865 cancer cases and 3

SUBMITTER: Kang SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4658836 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature