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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
Myeloperoxidase (MPO), an enzyme found in lysosomes of phagocytes, causes hydroxy radicals linked to DNA damage and activation of smoking related carcinogens. A -463 G/A polymorphism in the promoter region of the MPO gene results in reduced gene expression, which would imply lower susceptibility of esophageal cancer in mutant carriers. We conducted case-control study to test this hypothesis. Cases were 91 patients with esophageal cancer and controls were 241 non-cancer outpatients. MPO genotypes were examined by PCR-RFLP. The allele frequency for MPO -463A was found to be 8.2% for cases and 10.5% for controls. The age, sex, smoking and drinking status adjusted odds ratio for all subjects for MPO -463 GG/GA as compared to the AA was 0.61 (95% CI: 0.28-1.32). The adjusted odds ratio for the GG/GA genotype was significantly low (0.15; 0.03-0.76, P=0.022) for those aged 61 years or older who had a significantly higher odds ratio for smoking than younger subjects. No difference was observed in disease risk when prevalent and incident cases were compared. Although there are limitations for interpretation of this study because of prevalent case-control study and partial statistical significance, these results suggest that MPO -463 A allele reduce the risk of esophageal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0917-5040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Chi-Square Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:11434421-Risk Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Possible risk reduction in esophageal cancer associated with MPO -463 A allele.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't