SynthesisTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2014
GSTM1 null genotype is associated with increased risk of gastric cancer in both ever-smokers and non-smokers: a meta-analysis of case-control studies.
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- Dose-response association between cigarette smoking and gastric cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2024Pooled it
- A joint transcriptome-wide association study across multiple tissues identifies candidate breast cancer susceptibility genes.American journal of human genetics · 2023Pooled it
- Cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies six breast cancer loci in African and European ancestry women.Nature communications · 2021Pooled it
- IL-17A G197A and C1249T polymorphisms in gastric carcinogenesis.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014Pooled it
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Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that the glutathione S-transferases M1 (GSTM1) null genotype is associated with the risk of gastric cancer. However, the interaction between GSTM1 null genotype and smoking for the risk of gastric cancer is still elusive. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to ascertain this issue. Databases of PubMed, EMBASE, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched to retrieve relevant studies. Smokers were categorized as "ever-smokers" and "non-smokers." Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated to estimate the association strength. Subgroup analyses according to ethnicity, source of control, and sample size were also conducted. A total of 15 eligible studies, including 4,687 gastric cancer cases and 7,002 controls, were identified. We found that the GSTM1 null genotype was associated with increased risk of gastric cancer among ever-smokers (OR = 1.460, 95% CI 1.064-2.003, heterogeneity: P = 0.019). The null genotype also significantly increased the risk of gastric cancer among non-smokers (OR = 1.777, 95% CI 1.301-2.426, heterogeneity: P < 0.01). Stratified analysis according to ethnicity showed that the GSTM1 null genotype was associated with increased risk of gastric cancer among Asians both in ever-smokers (OR = 1.841, 95% CI 1.184-2.861) and non-smokers (OR = 1.773, 95% CI 1.382-2.275). In conclusion, the GSMT1 null genotype significantly increased the risk of gastric cancer both in ever-smokers and non-smokers.
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