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Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer

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    • Wenmin Wang
    • Zhongqiu Zheng
    • Wenjie Yu
    • Hui Lin
    • Binbin Cui
    • Feilin Cao
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    Affiliations: Department of Surgical Oncology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Linhai, Zhejiang 317000, P.R. China
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FAS and its ligand FASL are crucial in apoptotic cell death. Loss of FAS and gain of aberrant FASL expression are common features of malignant transformation. This study was designed to investigate whether the functional polymorphisms of FAS -1377G/A (rs2234767) and FASL -844T/C (rs763110) affect the risk of developing breast cancer. Genotypes were analyzed by a polymerase chain reaction‑restriction fragment length polymorphism assay in 436 breast cancer patients and 496 healthy controls. In this study, as compared to the wild-type homozygote and heterozygote, the distribution of the FAS -1377GG, GA and AA genotypes among breast cancer patients were significantly different from those among healthy controls (P=0.011), with the AA genotype being more prevalent among patients than the controls (P=0.003). Similarly, the frequencies of the FASL -844TT, TC and CC genotypes also significantly differed among breast cancer patients and healthy controls (P<0.001), with the CC genotype being significantly over-represented in breast cancer patients compared with the controls (P<0.001). In the unconditional logistic regression model following adjustment for age, the subjects carrying the FAS -1377AA genotype had a 1.75-fold increased risk [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.13-2.69] for development of breast cancer compared with patients carrying the GG genotype. Similarly, in the recessive model, the FASL -844CC genotype significantly increased the risk of breast cancer with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.92 (95% CI 1.46-2.54) compared with the TT or TT + TC genotypes. Our results suggest that functional polymorphisms in the death pathway genes FAS and FASL significantly contribute to the occurrence of breast cancer.
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Wang W, Zheng Z, Yu W, Lin H, Cui B and Cao F: Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer. Oncol Lett 3: 625-628, 2012.
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., & Cao, F. (2012). Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 3, 625-628. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.541
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., Cao, F."Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer". Oncology Letters 3.3 (2012): 625-628.
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., Cao, F."Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer". Oncology Letters 3, no. 3 (2012): 625-628. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.541
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Wang W, Zheng Z, Yu W, Lin H, Cui B and Cao F: Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer. Oncol Lett 3: 625-628, 2012.
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., & Cao, F. (2012). Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 3, 625-628. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.541
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., Cao, F."Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer". Oncology Letters 3.3 (2012): 625-628.
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Wang, W., Zheng, Z., Yu, W., Lin, H., Cui, B., Cao, F."Polymorphisms of the FAS and FASL genes and risk of breast cancer". Oncology Letters 3, no. 3 (2012): 625-628. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.541
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