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Narges Khaghanzadeh1, Nasrollah Erfani, Mohammad Ali Ghayumi
1Department of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract:
The CTLA4 protein downmodulates and terminates immune responses by sending inhibitory signals to activated T cells. In this study, six main single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the CTLA4 gene were investigated in 127 lung cancer patients and 124 healthy control subjects: -1722T/C, -1661 A/G, -318 C/T, +49A/G, +1822 C/T, and +6230 A/G (CT60). Statistical analyses revealed no significant differences in the frequencies of genotypes, alleles, and haplotypes between patients and control subjects. We also could not find significant association between CTLA4 variants and any defined lung tumor type. These six single-nucleotide polymorphisms in CTLA4 were not associated with susceptibility to lung cancer in Iranian population.
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