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SULT1A1 Arg213His polymorphism and susceptibility of environment-related cancers: a meta analysis of 5,915 cases and 7,900 controls

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The common genetic polymorphism for SULT1A1 is Arg213His polymorphism, which may affect the sulfation process of various environmental carcinogens and thus is suggested to be related to susceptibility of several cancers. However, studies on the association between SULT1A1 Arg213His polymorphism and cancer susceptibility are inconsistent. To assess the relationship between Arg213His polymorphism and environmental-related cancers systematically, we performed a meta analysis from 20 case–control studies including 5,915 cases and 7,900 controls. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the strength of risk, we found a significant association between SULT1A1 Arg213His polymorphism and environment-related cancers (for dominant model: OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.07–1.39, P = 0.003). When stratified by ethnicity, a significant risk was observed in Asian cases, compared with controls (for dominant model: OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.17–2.43, P = 0.005). When we chose only smokers in our analysis, we also found a significantly increased risk between Arg213His polymorphism and susceptibility of environment-related cancers for participants exposed to a smoking environment. In conclusion, SULT1A1 Arg213His polymorphism, ethnicity, smoking may modulate environment-related cancer risk. Studies on gene–gene interactions in the sequential or concurrent metabolic pathway and gene-environment interactions need to be further conducted to explore the susceptibility of cancer occurrence.

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This study was supported by grants No. LS2010168 from Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, and grant No. 00726 from China Medical Board. The authors are most grateful to all the participants in this study.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No. 92 Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyang, 110001, Liaoning Province, China

    Kun Li, Yang-Wu Ren, Yan Wan, Zhi-Hua Yin, Wei Wu & Bao-Sen Zhou

  2. Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Intervention, University of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, 110001, China

    Kun Li, Yang-Wu Ren, Yan Wan, Zhi-Hua Yin, Wei Wu & Bao-Sen Zhou

  3. China Medical University Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Shenyang, 110001, China

    Kun Li, Yang-Wu Ren, Yan Wan, Zhi-Hua Yin, Wei Wu & Bao-Sen Zhou

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Li, K., Ren, YW., Wan, Y. et al. SULT1A1 Arg213His polymorphism and susceptibility of environment-related cancers: a meta analysis of 5,915 cases and 7,900 controls. Mol Biol Rep 39, 2597–2605 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-011-1012-y

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