Ovarian cancer risk associated with inherited inflammation-related variants

The importance of inflammation pathways to the development of many human cancers prompted us to examine the associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in inflammation-related genes and risk of ovarian cancer. In a multisite case-control study, we genotyped SNPs in a large panel of in...

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Published in:	Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 72; no. 5; p. 1064
Main Authors:	White, Kristin L, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Palmieri, Rachel T, Iversen, Jr, Edwin S, Berchuck, Andrew, Vierkant, Robert A, Rider, David N, Charbonneau, Bridget, Cicek, Mine S, Sutphen, Rebecca, Birrer, Michael J, Pharoah, Paul P D, Song, Honglin, Tyrer, Jonathan, Gayther, Simon A, Ramus, Susan J, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Yang, Hannah P, Garcia-Closas, Montserrat, Phelan, Catherine M, Cunningham, Julie M, Fridley, Brooke L, Sellers, Thomas A, Goode, Ellen L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.03.2012
Subjects:	5-Lipoxygenase-Activating Proteins - genetics Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Case-Control Studies Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Humans Inflammation - genetics Interleukin-1alpha - genetics Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - genetics Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial - pathology Ovarian Neoplasms - genetics Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Risk
ISSN:	1538-7445, 1538-7445
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Summary:	The importance of inflammation pathways to the development of many human cancers prompted us to examine the associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in inflammation-related genes and risk of ovarian cancer. In a multisite case-control study, we genotyped SNPs in a large panel of inflammatory genes in 930 epithelial ovarian cancer cases and 1,037 controls using a custom array and analyzed by logistic regression. SNPs with P < 0.10 were evaluated among 3,143 cases and 2,102 controls from the Follow-up of Ovarian Cancer Genetic Association and Interaction Studies (FOCI) post-GWAS collaboration. Combined analysis revealed association with SNPs rs17561 and rs4848300 in the interleukin gene IL1A which varied by histologic subtype (P(heterogeneity) = 0.03). For example, IL1A rs17561, which correlates with numerous inflammatory phenotypes, was associated with decreased risk of clear cell, mucinous, and endometrioid subtype, but not with the most common serous subtype. Genotype at rs1864414 in the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase ALOX5 was also associated with decreased risk. Thus, inherited variation in IL1A and ALOX5 seems to affect ovarian cancer risk which, for IL1A, is limited to rarer subtypes. Given the importance of inflammation in tumorigenesis and growing evidence of subtype-specific features in ovarian cancer, functional investigations will be important to help clarify the importance of inherited variation related to inflammation in ovarian carcinogenesis.
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ISSN:	1538-7445 1538-7445
DOI:	10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-3512