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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

The MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism increase gastrointestinal cancer and hematological malignancy risk: evidence from a meta-analysis and FPRP test.

Xiang Tong, Bing Zheng, Qiaoyi Tong, Sitong Liu, Sifeng Peng, Xin Yang, Hong Fan

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiang TongDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Bing ZhengDepartment of Neurological Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Qiaoyi TongThe Faculty of Nursing, Luzhou Medical College Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Sitong LiuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Sifeng PengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xin YangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Hong FanDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Sichuan University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Sichuan Medical University · CNKunming Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) -173G/C gene polymorphism has been implicated in the susceptibility to cancer, but the results are not conclusive. So the aim of study to investigate the association between MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism and cancer risk by a comprehensive meta-analysis. We searched the PubMed, Embase, Wanfang and China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI) databases, with the last updated search being performed on May 24, 2015. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were used to assess the association. Statistical analysis was performed by STATA 11.0 software. Finally, 7,253 participants from 15 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The results of meta-analysis indicated the significant association between MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism and cancer susceptibility, especially in Asians (C vs. G, OR: 1.22, 95% CI=1.00-1.50). In addition, the significant relationship between MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism and gastrointestinal tumors (CC+CG vs. GG, OR: 1.25, 95% CI=1.05-1.50), hematological malignancy (CC+CG vs. GG, OR: 1.27, 95% CI=1.03-1.56), gynecolgical tumors (CC vs. CG+ GG, OR: 1.51, 95% CI=1.04-2.19) risk was found. However, to avoid the "false positive report", we investigated the significant associations observed in the present meta-analysis by the false positive report probabilities (FPRPs) test. Interestingly, the results of FPRP test indicated the MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism only associated with gastrointestinal cancer and hematological malignancy risk (FPRP=0.132, 0.067 respectively) at the level of a prior probability is 0.1. Therefore, the meta-analysis suggested MIF -173G/C gene polymorphism would be a risk factor for the gastrointestinal cancer and hematological malignancy.

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CancerFPRPmeta-analysisMIFpolymorphismsusceptibility

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