Genetic variants in the H2AFX promoter region are associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women aged
Journal Article (Journal Article)
The histone protein family member X (H2AFX) is important in maintaining chromatin structure and genetic stability. Genetic variants in H2AFX may alter protein functions and thus cancer risk. In this case-control study, we genotyped four common single nucleotide polymorphisms (i.e., -1654A > G [rs643788], -1420G > A [rs8551], and -1187T > C [rs7759] in the H2AFX promoter region and 1057C > T [rs7350] in the 3' untranslated region (UTR)) in 467 patients with sporadic breast cancer and 488 cancer-free controls. All female subjects were non-Hispanic whites aged T polymorphism. Therefore, we believe that H2AFX promoter polymorphisms may contribute to the etiology of sporadic breast cancer in young non-Hispanic white women. Larger association studies and related functional studies are warranted to confirm these findings.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lu, J; Wei, Q; Bondy, ML; Brewster, AM; Bevers, TB; Yu, T-K; Buchholz, TA; Meric-Bernstam, F; Hunt, KK; Singletary, SE; Wang, L-E
Published Date
- July 2008
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 110 / 2
Start / End Page
- 357 - 366
PubMed ID
- 17851762
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3030478
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1573-7217
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s10549-007-9717-2
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands