Toll-like receptor 2 - 196 to 174del polymorphism influences the susceptibility of Japanese people to gastric cancer

Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Fangyu Wang, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masakatsu Nakamura, Mikijyu Sakata, Ichiro Hirata, Hiroshi Nakano

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Toll like receptors (TLR) play important roles in the signaling of many pathogen-related molecules and endogenous proteins associated with immune activation. The -196 to -174del polymorphism affects the TLR2 gene and alters its promoter activity. We investigated the influence of the TLR2 - 196 to - 174del polymorphism on the occurrence of non-cardiac gastric cancer (NCGC) in a Japanese population. The study was carried out with 289 patients with NCGC, 309 non-cancer patients with abdominal discomfort and 146 healthy controls. The - 196 to - 174del TLR2 polymorphism was investigated using the allele-specific polymerase chain reaction method in all of the subjects. The - 196 to - 174del/del genotype of TLR2 showed a significantly higher frequency in NCGC patients than in healthy controls (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 6.06; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.86-19.72). Similarly, the frequency of the - 196 to - 174del/del genotype was significantly higher among NCGC patients than in non-cancer patients (adjusted OR = 2.02; 95% CI = 1.22-3.34). The same genotype was associated with an increased risk of both intestinal (OR = 2.00, 95% CI = 1.12-3.60) and diffuse-type (OR = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.11-3.79) histopathology. There were no significant associations between TLR2 genotypes and tumor stage and anatomical location. Our data suggest that the - 196 to - 174del/del genotype of TLR2 may increase the risk of gastric cancer in the Japanese population.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)1790-1794
ページ数5
ジャーナルCancer science
98
11
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 11-2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 腫瘍学
  • 癌研究

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