Genetic variants in the nucleotide excision repair pathway genes and gastric cancer susceptibility in a southern Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Potentially functional polymorphisms can modulate protein activities and host's DNA repair capacity, thereby influencing cancer susceptibility. The association of the polymorphisms in the nucleotide excision repair core pathway genes and gastric cancer susceptibility remains largely unknown.

Methods

Here, we systematically analyzed the associations between nine polymorphisms in four key genes (XPA, ERCC1, ERCC2, and ERCC4) in the nucleotide excision repair pathway and gastric cancer risk in a Chinese population including 1142 patients and 1173 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the risk associations.

Results

We observed that ERCC1 rs2298881 CA variant genotype was associate

SUBMITTER: He J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5903836 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature