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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Genetic Variants of Interleukin-8 and Interleukin-16 and Their Association with Cervical Cancer Risk.

Rafał Watrowski, Eva Schuster, Stefan Polterauer, Toon Van Gorp, Gerda Hofstetter, Michael B Fischer, Sven Mahner, Robert Zeillinger, Eva Obermayr

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Rafał WatrowskiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helios Hospital Muellheim, Teaching Hospital of the University of Freiburg, Heliosweg 1, 79379 Muellheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6828-1887
Eva SchusterMolecular Oncology Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comprehensive Cancer Center-Gynecologic Cancer Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Stefan PolterauerMolecular Oncology Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comprehensive Cancer Center-Gynecologic Cancer Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Toon Van GorpDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2564-721X
Gerda HofstetterDepartment of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Michael B FischerDepartment of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Sven MahnerDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Robert ZeillingerMolecular Oncology Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comprehensive Cancer Center-Gynecologic Cancer Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6771-4591
Eva ObermayrMolecular Oncology Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comprehensive Cancer Center-Gynecologic Cancer Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6324-2961

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Abstract

backgroundCervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer diagnosis in women worldwide. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is a critical but not determinative condition for CC development, as several co-factors modulate the progression of HPV-associated cervical lesions. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) and Interleukin-16 (IL-16) are chemokine-like interleukins involved in the pathogenesis of various cancers. Singular studies in Asian populations have suggested a potential role of IL-8 rs4073 (-251 A>T) and IL-16 rs1131445 (3'UTR T>C) in cervical carcinogenesis.

methodsA case-control study was conducted in a European cohort of 339 women, including 126 CC patients and 213 controls. Four common IL-8 SNPs, rs4073 (-251 A>T), rs2227306 (+781 C>T), rs1126647 (+2767 A>T), and rs2227543 (+1633 C>T), and four IL-16 polymorphism, rs4778889 (-295 T>C), rs11556218 (3441 T>G), rs4072111 (1300 C>T), and rs1131445 (3'UTR T>C), were assessed using RFLP-PCR and analyzed under seven inheritance models. Subgroup analyses were stratified by menopausal status (age threshold 51 years), disease stage, and histological subtype.

resultsIL-16 rs4072111 was significantly associated with an increased CC risk in premenopausal women in the co-dominant (

conclusionsThese findings highlight the role of age stage in immunity and cancer susceptibility, suggest that IL-8 and IL-16 SNPs may function differently in cervical carcinogenesis compared with other cancers, and emphasize the importance of ethnic background in cancer risk, warranting further research.

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cervical cancerchemokinesCXCL8genetic variantgynecologic cancerIL-16IL-8interleukin-16interleukin-8single nuclear polymorphism

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