Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28981526›Full record

ArticlePloS one2017

Association between polymorphisms in sex hormones synthesis and metabolism and prostate cancer aggressiveness.

Inmaculada Robles-Fernandez, Luis Javier Martinez-Gonzalez, Manrique Pascual-Geler, Jose Manuel Cozar, Ignacio Puche-Sanz, Maria Jose Serrano, Jose Antonio Lorente, Maria Jesus Alvarez-Cubero

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in PloS one, 2017. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Association betweenFrontiers in oncology · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Inmaculada Robles-FernandezGENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer / University of Granada /Andalusian Regional Government. Granada, Spain.
Luis Javier Martinez-GonzalezGENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer / University of Granada /Andalusian Regional Government. Granada, Spain.
Manrique Pascual-GelerUrology Department, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Jose Manuel CozarUrology Department, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Ignacio Puche-SanzUrology Department, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Maria Jose SerranoGENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer / University of Granada /Andalusian Regional Government. Granada, Spain.
Jose Antonio LorenteGENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer / University of Granada /Andalusian Regional Government. Granada, Spain.
Maria Jesus Alvarez-CuberoGENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer / University of Granada /Andalusian Regional Government. Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-9355

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel biomarkers for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis and prognosis are necessary to improve the accuracy of current ones employed in clinic. We performed a retrospective study between the association of several polymorphisms in the main genes involved in the synthesis and metabolism of sex hormones and PCa risk and aggressiveness. A total of 311 Caucasian men (155 controls and 156 patients) were genotyped for 9 SNPs in AR, CYP17A1, LHCGR, ESR1 and ESR2 genes. Diagnostic PSA serum levels, Gleason score, tumor stage, D´Amico risk and data of clinical progression were obtained for patients at the moment of the diagnosis and after 54 months of follow-up. Chi-squared test were used for comparisons between clinical variables groups, logistic regression for clinical variables associations between SNPs; and Kaplan-Meier for the association between SNPs and time to biochemical progression. We found 5 variants (CYP17A1) rs743572, rs6162, rs6163; (LHCGR) rs2293275 and (ESR2) rs1256049 that were statistically significant according to clinical variables (PSA, D´Amico risk and T stage) on a case-case analysis. Moreover, the presence of A and G alleles in rs743572 and rs6162 respectively, increase the risk of higher PSA levels (>10 ng/μl). With respect to D´Amico risk rs743572 (AG-GG), rs6162 (AG-AA) and rs6163 (AC-AA) were associated with an increased risk; and last, AC and AA genotypes for rs6163 were associated with a shorter biochemical recurrence free survival (BRFS) in patients with radical prostatectomy. In multigene analysis, several variants in SNPs rs2293275, rs6152, rs1062577, rs6162, rs6163, rs1256049 and rs1004467 were described to be associated with a more aggressiveness in patients. However, none of the selected SNPs show significant values between patients and controls. In conclusion, this study identified inherited variants in genes CYP17A1, LHCGR and ESR2 related to more aggressiveness and/or a poor progression of the disease. According to this study, new promise PCa biomarkers for clinical management could be included in these previous SNPs.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single NucleotideCase-Control StudiesGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansMaleMultigene FamilyProstatic NeoplasmsRecurrenceGonadal Steroid Hormones

Identifiers

PMID28981526
PMCPMC5628818

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.