CASP8 -652 6N del polymorphism contributes to colorectal cancer susceptibility: evidence from a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Caspase-8 (CASP8) plays a central role in the apoptotic pathway and aberrant regulation of this pathway may cause cancers. Previous studies investigating the association between CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk showed inconclusive results. We performed a meta-analysis of all available studies to investigate this association.

Methods

All studies published up to October 2013 on the association between CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism and CRC risk were identified by searching electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library. The association between CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism and CRC risk was assessed by odds ratios (ORs) together with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

Six studies with 6,325 cases and 6,842 controls were included in the meta-analysis. We observed that the CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism was significantly correlated with CRC risk when all studies were pooled into the meta-analysis (ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.890, 95%CI 0.821-0.964, P?=?0.004; del/del + ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.899, 95%CI 0.833-0.970, P?=?0.006). In stratified analyses by ethnicity, source of control, and quality score, significant association was observed in Asians (ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.862, 95%CI 0.761-0.977, P?=?0.020; del/del + ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.845, 95%CI 0.749-0.953, P?=?0.006), population-based studies (ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.890, 95%CI 0.813-0.975, P?=?0.012; del/del + ins/del vs. ins/ins: OR?=?0.901, 95%CI 0.827-0.982, P?=?0.018), and high quality studies. However, in subgroup analysis according to cancer location, no significant association was detected.

Conclusions

The present meta-analysis suggests that the CASP8 is a candidate gene for CRC susceptibility. The CASP8 -652 6N ins/del polymorphism may play a protective role in CRC development especially among Asians. Further large and well-designed studies are needed to confirm this association.

SUBMITTER: Peng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3912176 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature