Association of xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group G Asp1104His polymorphism with breast cancer risk: A
Xiao-Ming Xu1, Long-Chuan Xie1, Ling-Ling Yuan2
1Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group G (XPG) gene plays an important role in the DNA nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway. Several studies have investigated the association between the XPG Asp1104His polymorphism and breast cancer; however, the results have been inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of 8 published articles (10 case-control studies) including a total of 5,235 patients with breast cancer and 5,685 healthy controls. The results demonstrated that the XPG Asp1104His polymorphism was not associated with breast cancer in the overall population [His vs. Asp, odds ratio (OR)=1.00, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.91-1.08; His/His vs. Asp/Asp, OR=0.96, 95% CI: 0.83-1.11; Asp/His vs. Asp/Asp, OR=1.02, 95% CI: 0.94-1.11; His/His+Asp/His vs. Asp/Asp, OR=1.03, 95% CI: 0.92-1.15; and His/His vs. Asp/Asp+Asp/His, OR=0.93, 95% CI: 0.81-1.06]. In the subgroup analysis by ethnicity, no significant association was observed in European subjects. In conclusion, this meta-analysis suggested that the XPG Asp1104His polymorphism is not associated with breast cancer risk.
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