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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2020

Association between MICA rs2596542 Polymorphism with the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.

Camila Guerra Marangon, Jóice Teixeira de Bitencorte, Rafael Tomoya Michita, Vagner Ricardo Lunge, Deivid Cruz Dos Santos, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva, Daniel Simon

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Article in Pathology oncology research : POR, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Camila Guerra MarangonHuman Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil.
Jóice Teixeira de BitencorteHuman Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil.
Rafael Tomoya MichitaHuman Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3156-9382
Vagner Ricardo LungeHuman Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-8650
Deivid Cruz Dos SantosServiço de Gastroenterologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Mário Reis Álvares-da-SilvaServiço de Gastroenterologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Daniel SimonHuman Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil. daniel.simon@ulbra.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-8468
Universidade Luterana do Brasil · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil Finance Code 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study we investigated the impact of rs2596542A/G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related sequence A (MICA) gene on HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) susceptibility in a Brazilian population. In total, 252 HCV-infected patients (98 with HCV-induced HCC and 154 non-malignant HCV-induced liver cirrhosis) were enrolled and 98 healthy control subjects (negative anti-HCV). The MICA rs2596542 SNP genotypes were determined by real-time PCR assay. No differences in MICA genotype frequencies between HCV-induced cirrhosis patients and controls were observed. However, genotype frequencies of rs2596542A/G SNP were statistically different between HCV-induced HCC patients and controls (p = 0.048), and also between HCC and HCV-induced cirrhosis patients (p = 0.039). The highest frequency of the rs2596542AA genotype was observed in HCC patients (31.6%) when compared with HCV-induced cirrhosis patients (18.8%) and healthy controls (19.4%). Also, rs2596542AA genotype carriers have an increased risk for HCC when compared to HCV-induced cirrhosis status [odds ratio (OR) = 1.99; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.06-3.74, p = 0.020)] and healthy individuals (OR = 1.92, 95% CI = 1.00-3.70, p = 0.049). Taken together our study suggest that MICA rs2596542 SNP impacts HCV-induced HCC susceptibility suggesting that genetic variants in MICA are of clinical relevance to hepatocarcinogenesis by impacting host immune response in chronic HCV infection.

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AgedBrazilCarcinoma, HepatocellularFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHepatitis C, ChronicHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMHC class I-related chain AHCVHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cirrhosisMICA geners2596542, HCC

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