Significant Associations of lncRNA H19 Genotypes with Susceptibility to Childhood Leukemia in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of our study was to investigate whether genetic variations in lncRNA H19 were associated with susceptibility to childhood leukemia. Two hundred and sixty-six childhood leukemia patients and 266 healthy controls were enrolled in Taiwan, and two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2839698 and rs217727, in H19 were genotyped and analyzed. There was a significant difference in the genotypic distribution of rs2839698 between patients and healthy controls (p = 0.0277). Compared to the wild-type CC genotype, the heterozygous variant CT and homozygous variant TT genotypes were associated with significantly increased risks of childhood leukemia with an adjusted odd ratio (OR) of 1.46 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.08-2.14, p = 0.0429) and 1.94 (95%CI, 1.15-3.31, p = 0.0169), res

SUBMITTER: Pei JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7999603 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature