Assessing interactions between common genetic variant on 2q35 and hormone receptor status with breast cancer risk: evidence based on 26 studies.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies have identified 2q35-rs13387042 as a new breast cancer (BC) susceptibility locus in populations of European descent. Since then, the relationship between 2q35-rs13387042 and breast cancer has been reported in various ethnic groups; however, these studies have yielded inconsistent results. To investigate this inconsistency, we performed a meta-analysis of 26 studies involving a total of 101,529 cases and 167,363 controls for 2q35-rs13387042 polymorphism to evaluate its effect on genetic susceptibility for breast cancer. An overall random effects odds ratio of 1.14 (95% CI: 1.11-1.16, P<10??) was found for rs13387042-A variant. Significant results were also observed using dominant (OR?=?1.14, 95% CI: 1.12-1.17, P<10??), recessive (OR?=?1.17, 95% CI: 1.13-1.21, P<10??) and co-dominant genetic model (heterozygous: OR?=?1.15, 95% CI: 1.12-1.19, P<10??; homozygous: OR?=?1.20, 95% CI: 1.15-1.24, P<10??). There was strong evidence of heterogeneity, which largely disappeared after stratification by ethnicity. Significant associations were found in East Asians, and White populations when stratified by ethnicity; while no significant associations were observed in Africans and other ethnic populations. An association was observed for both ER-positive (OR?=?1.17, 95% 1.15-1.19; P<10??) and ER-negative disease (OR?=?1.08, 95% CI: 1.04-1.13; P<10??) and both progesterone receptor (PR)-positive (OR?=?1.18, 95% CI: 1.15-1.21; P<10??) and PR-negative disease (OR?=?1.10, 95% CI: 1.05-1.15; P<10??). In conclusion, this meta-analysis demonstrated that the A allele of 2q35-rs13387042 is a risk factor associated with increased breast cancer susceptibility.

SUBMITTER: Huang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3745398 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature