title: Polymorphic variants of NFKB1 and its inhibitory protein NFKBIA, and their involvement in sporadic breast cancer.
abstract: Nuclear factor kappa-beta (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor responsible for modulating the expression of many genes involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and metastasis. NF-kappaB interacts with IkappaB inhibitory proteins to regulate gene expression. This study investigated common variants within the genes coding for NF-kappaB and IkappaB, NFKB1 and NFKBIA, for involvement in sporadic breast cancer. Genotypes were determined in a population of breast cancer affected individuals and age-matched controls. Results do not support an involvement of the tested NFKB1 and NFKBIA polymorphisms in susceptibility to sporadic breast cancer, in the tested Caucasian population.
authors.affiliation: Genomics Research Centre and Wesley Research Institute, School of Health Science, Griffith University Gold Coast, Parklands Drive, 9726, Southport, Qld, Australia.
authors.forename: Joanne E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Lyn R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B