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ABSTRACT: Objective
Although several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of non-cardia gastric cancer have been published, more novel association signals could be exploited by combining individual studies together, which will further elucidate the genetic susceptibility of non-cardia gastric cancer.Design
We conducted a meta-analysis of two published Chinese GWAS studies (2031 non-cardia gastric cancer cases and 4970 cancer-free controls) and followed by genotyping of additional 3564 cases and 4637 controls in two stages.Results
The overall meta-analysis revealed two new association signals. The first was a novel locus at 5q14.3 and marked by rs7712641 (per-allele OR=0.84, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.88; p=1.21×10-11). This single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker maps to the intron of the long non-coding RNA, lnc-POLR3G-4 (XLOC_004464), which we observed has lower expression in non-cardia gastric tumour compared with matched normal tissue (Pwilcoxon signed-rank=7.20×10-4). We also identified a new signal at the 1q22 locus, rs80142782 (per-allele OR=0.62; 95% CI 0.56 to 0.69; p=1.71×10-19), which was independent of the previously reported SNP at the same locus, rs4072037 (per-allele OR=0.74; 95% CI 0.69 to 0.79; p=6.28×10-17). Analysis of the new SNP conditioned on the known SNP showed that the new SNP remained genome-wide significant (Pconditional=3.47×10-8). Interestingly, rs80142782 has a minor allele frequency of 0.05 in East Asians but is monomorphic in both European and African populations.Conclusion
These findings add new evidence for inherited genetic susceptibility to non-cardia gastric cancer and provide further clues to its aetiology in the Han Chinese population.
SUBMITTER: Wang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963301 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Zhaoming Z Dai Juncheng J Hu Nan N Miao Xiaoping X Abnet Christian C CC Yang Ming M Freedman Neal D ND Chen Jinfei J Burdette Laurie L Zhu Xun X Chung Charles C CC Ren Chuanli C Dawsey Sanford M SM Wang Meilin M Ding Ti T Du Jiangbo J Gao Yu-Tang YT Zhong Rong R Giffen Carol C Pan Wenting W Koh Woon-Puay WP Dai Ningbing N Liao Linda M LM Yan Caiwang C Qiao You-Lin YL Jiang Yue Y Shu Xiao-Ou XO Chen Jiaping J Wang Chaoyu C Ma Hongxia H Su Hua H Zhang Zhendong Z Wang Lemin L Wu Chen C Xiang Yong-Bing YB Hu Zhibin Z Yuan Jian-Min JM Xie Lu L Zheng Wei W Lin Dongxin D Chanock Stephen J SJ Shi Yongyong Y Goldstein Alisa M AM Jin Guangfu G Taylor Philip R PR Shen Hongbing H
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<h4>Objective</h4>Although several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of non-cardia gastric cancer have been published, more novel association signals could be exploited by combining individual studies together, which will further elucidate the genetic susceptibility of non-cardia gastric cancer.<h4>Design</h4>We conducted a meta-analysis of two published Chinese GWAS studies (2031 non-cardia gastric cancer cases and 4970 cancer-free controls) and followed by genotyping of additional 3564 ca ...[more]