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ArticleScientific reports2025

A novel variant of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) associated with risk of glioma in a Korean population.

Ho Yeon Lim, Hyun Sub Cheong, Seok Namgoong, Jong Hee Chang, Lyoung Hyo Kim, Hyoung Doo Shin

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Ho Yeon LimDepartment of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.
Hyun Sub CheongAgroSP, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seok NamgoongResearch Institute for Life Science, GW Vitek, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jong Hee ChangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Lyoung Hyo KimResearch Institute for Life Science, GW Vitek, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea. lyoung@gwvitek.com.
Hyoung Doo ShinDepartment of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea. hdshin@sogang.ac.kr.

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National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2021R1F1A105994712
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Abstract

Among central nervous system (CNS) tumors, gliomas are the most prevalent type of tumor. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene have been identified as risk loci for gliomas by previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We examined association between TERT variants and glioma risk in a Korean population. For a case-control study, a total of 32 TERT SNPs from 317 patients with glioma and 480 population-based controls were genotyped. Logistic regression was used for statistical analysis of the link between TERT SNPs and risk of glioma. In this study, eight TERT variants, including four glioma-associated variants reported in previous studies, showed significant association with the risk of glioma. Conditional and stepwise analyses were conducted to validate independent associations in the group of the eight variants. Both analyses identified an intronic variant (rs56345976) as the causal variant among the eight variants. Glioma subgroup analyses indicate that rs56345976 variant is associated with the risk of WHO grade 4, glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type, and 1p/19q non-codeletion glioma. This study presents a profound comprehension of the relationship between TERT variants and the risk of glioma. Further studies of this variant are required to investigate its effect on glioma susceptibility.

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Brain NeoplasmsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGliomaPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTelomeraseAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesEast Asian PeopleFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaRisk FactorsTelomeraseTERT protein, humanGliomaSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)TERT

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