title: Interleukin-10 -1082 promoter polymorphism associated with gastric cancer among Asians.
abstract: Studies investigating the association between interleukin-10 (IL-10) -1082 promoter polymorphism and gastric cancer risk report conflicting results. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarise the evidence for such a relationship. Two investigators independently searched the Medline and Embase databases. This meta-analysis included 13 case-control studies, which included 2227 gastric cancer cases and 3538 controls. The combined results based on all studies showed that there was no significant difference in genotype distribution [AA odds ratio (OR)=0.92, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.73, 1.14; AG (OR=1.09, 95% CI=0.87, 1.36); GG (OR=1.03, 95% CI=0.85, 1.25)] between gastric cancer and noncancer patients. When stratifying for race, results were similar except that patients with gastric cancer had a significantly lower frequency of AA (OR=0.71, 95% CI=0.52, 0.97) and higher frequency AG (OR=1.53, 95% CI=1.15, 2.03) than noncancer patients among Asians. When stratifying by the location of gastric cancer, we found that patients with cardia gastric cancer had a significantly lower frequency of AA (OR=0.53, 95% CI=0.34, 0.83) and higher frequency AG (OR=1.50, 95% CI=1.06, 2.11) than those with noncardia gastric cancer among Caucasians. When stratifying by the Lauren's classification of gastric cancer, we observed no statistically significant differences in genotype distribution. This meta-analysis suggests that the IL-10 -1082 promoter polymorphism may be associated with gastric cancer among Asians, and that differences in genotype distribution may be associated with the location of gastric cancer.
authors: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhou
authors: Ni
authors: N
authors: Li
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Zhuang
authors: Guan-Jian
authors: GJ
authors: Liu
authors: Tai-Xiang
authors: TX
authors: Wu
authors: Xun
authors: X
authors: Yao
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Du
authors: Mao-Ling
authors: ML
authors: Wei
authors: Xiao-Ting
authors: XT
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016753:Interleukin-10