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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2020

Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 gene polymorphism and breast cancer risk in women from the Northeastern region of Brazil.

Carla Solange Escórcio-Dourado, Francisco Adelton Alves-Ribeiro, Jose Charles Lima-Dourado, Alesse Ribeiro Dos Santos, Renato de Oliveira Pereira, Cleciton Braga Tavares, Vladimir Costa Silva, Pedro Vitor Lopes Costa, José Maria Soares-Júnior, Benedito Borges da Silva

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carla Solange Escórcio-DouradoPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-5807-1915
Francisco Adelton Alves-RibeiroPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-2850-8028
Jose Charles Lima-DouradoPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-2932-6536
Alesse Ribeiro Dos SantosPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-1792-0925
Renato de Oliveira PereiraPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-4423-1575
Cleciton Braga TavaresPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-4816-0858
Vladimir Costa SilvaPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-3109-7899
Pedro Vitor Lopes CostaPrograma de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-2985-4352
José Maria Soares-JúniorDepartamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Hospital das Clinicas (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-0774-9404
Benedito Borges da SilvaPrograma de Pos-Graduacao da Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Nordeste, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-9542-7538
Universidade Federal do Piauí · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 (HER2) rs1136201 variant, the presence of the G allele may promote cellular alterations and increase breast cancer risk, in addition to enhanced cellular proliferation, tumor aggressiveness, and metastases. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variant, rs1136201, within the HER2 gene in women from the Northeastern region of Brazil and breast cancer risk.

methodsThe study included 140 women who were divided into two groups, case (breast cancer) and control (without breast cancer), with 70 women in each group. Peripheral blood of each woman was drawn for the study of genomic Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from leukocytes using the genotyping technique by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

resultsThe GG genotype occurred in 1 woman in both groups (1.4%) (p=0.32), while the AG genotype occurred in 19 (27.2%) and 13 (18.6%) women in the case and control (p=1.00) groups, respectively. No statistically significant difference in GG and AG genotypes was observed between the case and control groups in premenopausal women (p=1.00). Furthermore, no significant difference in genotypes was observed between the groups, among postmenopausal women (p=0.14).

conclusionIn this study, the HER2 rs1136201 polymorphism did not show any statistically significant association with breast cancer, both in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Nevertheless, further studies with a larger sample size should be performed to assess the association of HER2 polymorphism with breast cancer risk in women from the Northeastern region of Brazil.

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Breast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesBrazilCase-Control StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

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PMID33331402
PMCPMC7690965
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