Tagging SNPs in the HOTAIR gene are associated with bladder cancer risk in a Chinese population
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Published on: December 1, 2013
Xiang Wang1, Wenying Wang2, Qiang Zhang3
1Department of Anesthesiology, Yixing People's Hospital, Yixing, China.
Background:
The HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) is a well-known long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that plays a critical role in biological processes in most cancers. However, the function of HOTAIR in bladder cancer remains largely unknown. In this study, we hypothesize that tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in HOTAIR are associated with bladder cancer (BCa) risk.
Methods:
We performed a hospital-based case-control study of 1050 cases and 1407 controls to investigate the associations between tagSNPs and the risk of BCa in a Chinese population.
Results:
We found that individuals with the rs874945 AG/AA genotype had a significantly increased risk of BCa compared with those carrying the GG genotype, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.23 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.04-1.46, P = 0.014]. The subsequently stratified analyses showed that the increased risk was more pronounced in subgroups of older subjects (age > 60 years), never smokers and subjects without pack-years of smoking. Interactive analysis showed that there was no interaction effect between smoking status and rs874945.
Conclusion:
Our study showed that rs874945 in HOTAIR was associated with BCa risk in a Chinese population.
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