Association of Foxp3 promoter polymorphisms with susceptibility to endometrial cancer in the Chinese Han women

Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 May;97(18):e0582. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010582.

Abstract

To evaluate the association between Foxp3 gene polymorphisms (rs3761548 and rs5902434) and susceptibility to endometrial cancer (EC), we report a hospital case-control study involving 602 women, consisting of 269 patients with EC and 333 healthy controls. Genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Our results suggest that the frequency of the A allele in rs3761548 in patients with EC was significantly lower than that in healthy controls (20.3% vs 26.4%, odds ratio [OR] 0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.54-0.93, P = .012), while the heterozygous AC genotype showed a significant protective effect on EC in codominant, dominant, and overdominant models (adjusted OR 0.64, 95% CI: 0.45-0.91, P = .039; OR 0.65, 95% CI: 0.47-0.91, P = .011; OR 0.67, 95% CI: 0.47-0.94, P = .02, respectively), and AA genotype was more frequent in patients with cervical invasion (recessive model: OR 3.55, 95% CI: 1.10-11.44, P = .046). Moreover, ATT/ATT genotype (rs5902434) was conferred a lower risk of EC in the recessive model (adjusted OR 0.58, 95% CI: 0.35-0.96, P = .031). From the data generated, we conclude that Foxp3 promoter polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to EC in Chinese Han women.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / genetics
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • FOXP3 protein, human
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors