title: KLF6 IVS1 -27G/A polymorphism with susceptibility to gastric cancers in Korean.
abstract: KLF6 is a key cell cycle regulator that is downregulated in several kinds of human cancers, including gastric cancer. The IVS1 -27G/A polymorphism of KLF6 has been investigated, which can influence susceptibility to gastric cancer and disease outcome. In order to investigate whether the IVS1 -27G/A polymorphism of KLF6 is associated with individual susceptibility to gastric cancer in Korea, the frequency of the polymorphism was examined in 264 gastric cancer patients and 299 healthy controls. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis was performed by amplifying intron 1 of KLF6 and sequencing the products. The frequencies of genotypes: G/G, G/A and A/A were 91.7% (242/264), 5.7% (15/264) and 2.6%, respectively, in gastric cancer cases and 91.9%, 7.0% and 1.1%, respectively, in healthy controls. Genotype frequencies in Korean population were very similar to those of Caucasian population. Interestingly, the male gastric cancer patients showed a significantly higher proportion of the G allele (Chi-Square test, P=0.005) compared to female gastric cancer patients. However, the polymorphism was statistically not associated with increased risk of gastric cancer in Korea. When stratified by histological subtype of gastric cancer, the risk was also not statistically significant. Thus, our results suggested that the IVS1 -27G/A polymorphism of KLF6 is not associated with an increased risk for gastric cancer in Korean population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012737:Sex Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors