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GSTM1, GSTT1, and NQO1 polymorphisms in cervical carcinogenesis
Osamu Nunobiki1, Masatsugu Ueda, Hikari Akise
1Department of Medical Technology, Kobe Tokiwa University, 6-2 2 chome, Ohtanicho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 6530838, Japan, o-nunobiki@kobe-tokiwa.ac.jp.
Abstract:
The aim of the study is to investigate the clinical significance of glutathione-S-transferase GSTM1, GSTT1, and NQO1 c.609C>T (rs1800566) genetic polymorphisms in cervical carcinogenesis. GSTM1, GSTT1, and NQO1 polymorphisms together with human papillomavirus (HPV) types were examined in a total of 192 cervical smear in exfoliated cervical cell samples using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system. The 19 patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion had statistically higher frequency of null GSTT1 genotype than 9 with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) among the 67 patients with high-risk HPV (P = 0.024). The 24 patients with HSIL had also statistically higher frequency of NQO1 (CT+TT) genotype than 14 with LSIL among the 67 patients with high-risk HPV (P = 0.024). GSTT1 null and NQO1 genotype in cervical cell samples may be associated with more severe precancerous lesions of the cervix in a Japanese population.
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