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Identification of sequence polymorphisms in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase genes as risk factors for
Hongfang Wang1, Jinsheng Xu2, Demao Li3
1College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.
Background:
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) accumulated in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is susceptible to the tumor formation. We discovered previously that SNPs in the mitochondrial displacement loop (D-loop) was associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods:
The cytochrome c oxidase (COX) genes of mtDNA were sequenced between 107 HCC patients and 100 matched healthy controls. The χ2 test was used to analyze single SNPs' statistical difference between HCC patients and healthy controls.
Results:
In this study, cancer risk-associated SNPs in the COX genes of mtDNA coding region were assessed in HCC patients and health controls. The nucleotide position at site 9545A/G (P=.036) was identified its association for HCC with the 9545G allele susceptible to cancer risk.
Conclusions:
The SNPs in the COX genes may help us to evaluate the cancer risk of HCC.
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