Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and risk of glioma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malignant gliomas are the most common primary adult brain tumors, with a poor prognosis and ill-defined etiology. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation has been linked with certain cancers; however, research on glioma is lacking.

Methods

We examined the association of common (minor allele frequency ≥ 5%) germline mtDNA variants and haplogroups with glioma risk in 1,566 glioma cases and 1,017 controls from a US case-control study, and 425 glioma cases and 1,534 matched controls from the UK Biobank cohort (UKB). DNA samples were genotyped using the UK Biobank array that included a set of common and rare mtDNA variants. Risk associations were examined separately for glioblastoma (GBM) and lower grade tumors (non-GBM).

Results

In the US study, haplogroup

SUBMITTER: Samanic CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885975 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature