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10760835
TITLE
CYP17 promotor polymorphism and ovarian cancer risk.
ABSTRACT
The CYP17 gene encodes the cytochrome P450c17alpha enzyme, which functions at 2 different points in the steroid biosynthesis pathway, and is considered a candidate susceptibility gene for endocrine-related tumors. A T to C substitution polymorphism exists in the 5' promoter region of this gene, and creates an additional Sp1-type motif. Several studies have examined this polymorphism as a risk factor for breast cancer, but results have been conflicting. We examined 319 cases of ovarian cancer and 298 unaffected controls for the T-C polymorphism. There was no significant difference between cases and controls for the allele frequencies (p = 0.6), or for genotype distribution (p = 0.9). The odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for ovarian cancer was 1.13 (0.70-1.82) for the putative "cancer susceptibility" CC genotype and 1.07 (0.77-1.48) for any C allele (CC or CT genotype). Results were little different after adjustment for age. Stratification of the ovarian cancer cases according to form (benign, low malignant potential or invasive), histology, grade or stage failed to reveal any heterogeneity with respect to CYP17 genotype. Our data provide no evidence for an association between ovarian cancer risk and the genotype defined by the CYP17 5' promoter region T-C polymorphism.
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED
2000 May 01
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2000/04/13 09:00
medline 2000/05/08 09:00
entrez 2000/04/13 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Spurdle AB Spurdle A B AB Cancer Unit, Joint Experimental Oncology Programme, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Chen X Chen X X
Abbazadegan M Abbazadegan M M
Martin N Martin N N
Khoo SK Khoo S K SK
Hurst T Hurst T T
Ward B Ward B B
Webb PM Webb P M PM
Chenevix-Trench G Chenevix-Trench G G
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 86
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: International journal of cancer
ISOABBREVIATION: Int J Cancer
YEAR: 2000
MONTH: May
DAY: 01
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0020-7136
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Int J Cancer
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0020-7136
NLMUNIQUEID: 0042124
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adenocarcinoma genetics
Alleles genetics
Female genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Humans genetics
Ovarian Neoplasms genetics
Polymorphism, Genetic genetics
Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics
Risk genetics
Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
EC 1.14.14.19 Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase
OTHER ID's