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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2013

Runt-related transcription factor 3: single nucleotide polymorphism rs760805, gene expression, and methylation status in Helicobacter pylori -infected patients for determination of gastric cancer risk.

Nithya Nadarajan, Lakshman Kumar Balasubramanian, Suresh Kuppannan, Chandirasekar Ramachandran, Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2013. 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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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nithya Nadarajan
Lakshman Kumar Balasubramanian
Suresh Kuppannan
Chandirasekar Ramachandran
Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan
Bharathiar University · INPSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research · INSri Narayani Hospital & Research Centre · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRepression of Runt-related transcription factor 3 (Runx3) gene, a tumor suppressor, has been known to be involved in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-associated gastric carcinogenesis and cancer development. The present study was undertaken to study the Runx3 intronic T/A polymorphism (rs760805) in H. pylori-infected patients and uninfected controls of Tamil Nadu region, South India. Also, Runx3 gene expression, HK alpha (H,K-ATPase) gene expression and the methylation status of the Runx3 CpG island was determined.

methodsIn a prospective study, tissue biopsies were collected from 40 H. pylori-infected patients and 40 infection negative controls. Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis was carried out by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-single-strand conformational polymorphism, and DNA sequencing. Gene expression analysis of Runx3 and HK alpha was carried out using semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR. Methylation analysis of Runx3 CpG island was undertaken using methylationspecific restriction digestion-PCR.

resultsThe homozygous TT genotype was found to be the predominant genotype in positive samples and negative controls. No significant variation in gene expression was observed in positive samples and controls with respect to Runx3 and Hk alpha genes. Methylation analysis suggested that there was a lack of methylation except in a few subjects studied.

conclusionThe present study, first from this region, could neither detect significant repression of the Runx3 and HK alpha genes nor methylation in positive patients studied suggesting a lack of involvement of this tumor suppressor as a risk factor in the H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis in the South Indian population studied.

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DNA MethylationCase-Control StudiesCore Binding Factor Alpha 3 SubunitFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansNeoplasm StagingPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalPrognosisPromoter Regions, GeneticProspective StudiesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionCore Binding Factor Alpha 3 SubunitRNA, MessengerRunx3 protein, human

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