title: Linkage disequilibrium pattern in the L-myc gene in Italian and Japanese non-small-cell lung-cancer patients.
abstract: Italian and Japanese non-small-cell lung-cancer patients were genotyped for an intragenic L-myc EcoRI restriction site polymorphism previously reported to be associated with lung-tumor prognosis in Asian populations but not in Caucasians. Screening of the L-myc sequence in Italian samples allowed identification of 2 additional 3'-UTR SNPs, located 2.3-3.0 kb from the EcoRI polymorphism, but no coding polymorphism was found. No significant association was found between any of the 3 SNPs and lung-tumor prognosis in Italian patients, consistent with the reported difference between Caucasian and Asian populations. Moreover, the newly discovered polymorphisms in the Italian group were not present in Japanese patients. Significant LD between EcoRI and the 2 other SNPs was detected in the Italian population, whereas no significant LD between the 2 3'-UTR markers was detected despite their close proximity (0.7 kb). Thus, the disparate conclusions about the role of L-myc polymorphism in tumor prognosis among different populations may rest in population-specific LD between the functional gene and the L-myc polymorphism.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spinola
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Falvella
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Brega Massone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valagussa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Incarbone
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dragani
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000483:Alleles; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007564:Japan; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010865:Pilot Projects; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011379:Prognosis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers