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ArticleJournal of human genetics2014

No association between typical European mitochondrial variation and prostate cancer risk in a Spanish cohort.

Laura Fachal, Antonio Gómez-Caamaño, Vanesa Alvarez Iglesias, Alberto Gómez Carballa, Patricia Calvo, Antonio Salas, Ana Vega

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura FachalFundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Antonio Gómez-CaamañoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Vanesa Alvarez IglesiasUnidade de Xenética, Facultade de Medicina, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Alberto Gómez CarballaUnidade de Xenética, Facultade de Medicina, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Patricia CalvoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Antonio SalasUnidade de Xenética, Facultade de Medicina, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Ana VegaFundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela · ESComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago · ESServicio Gallego de Salud · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial common variants (mtSNPs) and the haplogroups defined by them have been inconsistently correlated with increased prostate cancer risk. Here we aimed to investigate the influence of the mitochondrial genetic background on prostate cancer. A total of 15 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) representing the common European branches of the mtDNA phylogeny were analyzed in a cohort of 620 Spanish prostate cancer patients and 616 matched population-based controls. Association tests were computed on mtSNPs and haplogroups. None of the evaluated mtSNPs or haplogroups were statistically associated with prostate cancer risk in our Spanish cohort. We show that previous association findings do not rest on solid grounds given that all of them (i) were based on underpowered studies, (ii) did not control for population stratification, (iii) lacked replication/confirmation cohorts, and (iv) and did not control for multiple test corrections. Taken together, a critical reassessment of the previous literature and the results obtained in the present study suggest that mtDNA common European variants are not correlated with increases in the risk for prostate cancer.

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DNA, MitochondrialGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationAgedAged, 80 and overAllelesCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesGene FrequencyGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioDNA, Mitochondrial

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