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Polymorphic variant Ser128Arg of E-Selectin is associated with breast cancer risk and high grade tumors
Rakesh Naidu1, Yip C Har, Nur A M Taib
1School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Sunway Campus, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. kdrakeshna@hotmail.com
Background:
The present study aimed to evaluate the association between the E-Selectin Ser128Arg polymorphism and breast cancer risk and clinicopathological characteristics of the patients.
Materials And Methods:
The genotypes of 387 breast cancer patients and 252 healthy women who had no history of any malignancy were detected using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) in a hospital-based Malaysian population.
Results:
The frequency of the Arg allele was significantly (p = 0.030) higher in breast cancer patients than in healthy individuals. Women who were Ser/Arg heterozygotes (adjusted odds ratio (OR(adj)) = 1.607; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.008-2.564), and carriers of the Arg allele genotype (OR(adj) = 1.587; 95% CI = 1.037-2.430) or Arg allele (OR(adj) = 1.509; 95% CI = 1.040-2.189) showed a significantly increased risk of breast cancer. Patients who were carriers of the Arg allele genotype showed a significant association with poorly differentiated tumors (p = 0.002).
Conclusion:
The Ser128Arg polymorphism might confer an increased susceptibility to breast cancer and contribute to aggressive phenotypic characteristics.
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