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Analysis of autophagy gene polymorphisms in Spanish patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth cancer on incidence worldwide. Tobacco and alcohol consumption are the most classical risk factors associated with its development. Autophagy process has a dual effect both in tumourigenesis and tumour suppressing activity. To investigate the importance of this pathway in HNSCC susceptibility, a risk factor matched case-control association study was performed with four candidate polymorphisms in autophagy genes (ATG2B, ATG5, ATG10, ATG16L1). We found an association between the variant in ATG10 rs1864183 and a higher susceptibility to develop laryngeal cancer, ATG2B rs3759601 and pharyngeal cancer and ATG16L1 rs2241880 and oral carcinoma. ATG5 rs2245214 SNP was not associated with any location. Overall, our results indicate the importance of the autophagy pathway in the susceptibility of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and demonstrate the heterogeneity between its locations encompassed under a single terminology.

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Mateos J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5537226 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Analysis of autophagy gene polymorphisms in Spanish patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Fernández-Mateos Javier J Seijas-Tamayo Raquel R Klain Juan Carlos Adansa JCA Borgoñón Miguel Pastor MP Pérez-Ruiz Elisabeth E Mesía Ricard R Del Barco Elvira E Coloma Carmen Salvador CS Dominguez Antonio Rueda AR Daroqui Javier Caballero JC Fernández Ruiz Encarnación E Cruz-Hernández Juan Jesús JJ González-Sarmiento Rogelio R

Scientific reports 20170731 1

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth cancer on incidence worldwide. Tobacco and alcohol consumption are the most classical risk factors associated with its development. Autophagy process has a dual effect both in tumourigenesis and tumour suppressing activity. To investigate the importance of this pathway in HNSCC susceptibility, a risk factor matched case-control association study was performed with four candidate polymorphisms in autophagy genes (ATG2B, ATG5, ATG10, ATG16 ...[more]

PMID: 28761177

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Analysis of autophagy gene polymorphisms in Spanish patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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Analysis of autophagy gene polymorphisms in Spanish patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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