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ArticleMedical microbiology and immunology2017

MDM2 gene polymorphisms and risk of classic Kaposi's sarcoma among Iranian patients.

Sajad Varmazyar, Sayed Mahdi Marashi, Zabihollah Shoja, Maria Lina Tornesello, Franco M Buonaguro, Shohreh Shahmahmoodi, Zahra Safaie-Naraghi, Somayeh Jalilvand

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Article in Medical microbiology and immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sajad VarmazyarDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14155, Iran.
Sayed Mahdi MarashiDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14155, Iran.
Zabihollah ShojaDepartment of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Maria Lina TorneselloMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Division, Department of Research, Istituto Nazionale Tumori "Fondazione G. Pascale"-IRCCS, Napoli, Italy.
Franco M BuonaguroMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Division, Department of Research, Istituto Nazionale Tumori "Fondazione G. Pascale"-IRCCS, Napoli, Italy.
Shohreh ShahmahmoodiDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14155, Iran.
Zahra Safaie-NaraghiSchool of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Somayeh JalilvandDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14155, Iran. sjalilvand@tums.ac.ir.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITPasteur Institute of Iran · IR

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Abstract

A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of MDM2 (SNP309T>G, rs2279744) has been shown to increase the expression of the MDM2 protein in various cancer types. However, only one study has analyzed the role of the MDM2 polymorphism in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The association of MDM2 SNP309 with classic KS risk was evaluated in 79 Iranian patients with classic KS and 123 healthy controls. The MDM2 SNP309 was genotyped using PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism methods. No significant correlation was found between the SNP309 polymorphism in MDM2 promoter and classic KS risk. There was no significant correlation between gender and disease stage. However, a significant association was found between SNP309 GG genotype and younger age (≤50 years) (odds ratio 9.5, 95% confidence intervals 1.5-60, p = 0.03). Our findings support no major role for the MDM2 SNP309 in KS development although it might influence the clinical outcome of KS in younger patients.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAllelesCase-Control StudiesFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Association StudiesGenome, ViralGenotypeHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansIranMaleProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Kaposi’s sarcomaMDM2Risk factorSingle-nucleotide polymorphism

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