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SynthesisScientific reports2014

Relevance of LIG4 gene polymorphisms with cancer susceptibility: evidence from a meta-analysis.

Shang Xie, Xiao-Feng Shan, Kun Shang, Hui Xu, Jing He, Zhi-Gang Cai

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shang XieDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Xiao-Feng ShanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Kun ShangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Hui XuDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Jing HeState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Experimental Research, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong, China.
Zhi-Gang CaiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Peking University · CNCapital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymorphisms of LIG4 gene may influence DNA repair ability, thus altering the genetic stability and resulting in carcinogenesis. A growing number of studies have investigated the relevance of LIG4 T9I (rs1805388) and D501D (rs1805386) polymorphisms with cancer risk, however, the results are conflicting. To obtain a comprehensive conclusion, we searched relevant literatures from PubMed, Web of Science, Ovid and Embase databases on May 15, 2014 and performed a meta-analysis. In this meta-analysis, a total of 17 articles were included. Of them, there were 15 studies with 5873 cases and 5771 controls for rs1805388 and 6 studies with 4161 cases and 4881 controls for rs1805386. Overall, our results suggested that there was no obvious relevance of LIG4 T9I polymorphism with cancer susceptibility. However, in subgroup analysis, we found the LIG4 T9I was associated with a slightly decreased cancer risk among Caucasians. As to the rs1805386, the genetic variant had no significant association with cancer risk. In conclusion, despite several limitations, this meta-analysis suggested that LIG4 T9I genetic variant is associated with a decreased risk of cancer among Caucasians, however, the rs1805386 gene polymorphism is not a risk factor of cancer.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisDisease SusceptibilityDNA Ligase ATPDNA LigasesGenetic Association StudiesHumansNeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsDNA Ligase ATPDNA LigasesLIG4 protein, human

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PMID25314918
PMCPMC4197418
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