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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2009

CHOP 5'UTR-c.279T>C and +nt30C>T variants are not associated with overweight condition or with tumors/cancer in Italians - a case-control study.

Ramachandran Meenakshisundaram, Nunzia Piumelli, Laura Pierpaoli, Claudia Gragnoli

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ramachandran MeenakshisundaramDepartment of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology and Biostatistics, Penn State Milton S, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. rmsundar_chandran@yahoo.co.in
Nunzia Piumelli
Laura Pierpaoli
Claudia Gragnoli
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USTemple University · US

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PHS HHS D1BTH06321-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with obesity and has been shown recently to be associated with tumors/cancer. HNF1-beta and JAZF1 genes are associated with T2D and prostate cancer. We have previously shown that CHOP 5'UTR-c.279T>C and +nt30C>T haplotype variants contribute to T2D. CHOP deficiency causes obesity in mice, thus CHOP gene variants may contribute to human obesity. Furthermore, CHOP mediates apoptosis and is implicated in cancer pathogenesis. Hence, we aimed at identifying any potential association of CHOP 5'UTR-c.279T>C and +nt30C>T genotypes and corresponding haplotypes with overweight condition/pre-obesity and tumors/cancer in an Italian dataset.

methodsWe recruited from Italy 45 overweight subjects (body mass index (BMI) >or= 25) and 44 control subjects (BMI < 25) as well as 54 cases with at least one cancer or at least one tumor and 43 control subjects without tumors/cancer from the general population. We excluded allelic departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in cases and control subjects, separately.

resultsWe assessed the power to detect risk odds ratios by association tests in our datasets. We tested the hypothesis of association of CHOP 5'UTR-c.279T>C and +nt30C>T genotypes and haplotypes with tumors/cancer and, separately, with overweight condition. Both associations were not significant.

conclusionFrom our study, we may conclude that CHOP 5'UTR-c.279T>C and +nt30C>T genotypes and corresponding haplotypes are not associated with tumors/cancer and pre-obesity. However, more studies are warranted to establish the role of CHOP variants in tumor/cancer predisposition and in overweight condition.

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Genetic VariationPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide5' Untranslated RegionsCase-Control StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HaplotypesHumansItalyNeoplasmsObesityOverweightTranscription Factor CHOP5' Untranslated RegionsDDIT3 protein, humanTranscription Factor CHOP

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