title: A Large-scale genetic association study of esophageal adenocarcinoma risk.
abstract: The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) has been increasing rapidly, particularly among white males, over the past few decades in the USA. However, the etiology of EA and the striking male predominance is not fully explained by known risk factors. To identify susceptible genes for EA risk, we conducted a pathway-based candidate gene association study on 335 Caucasian EA cases and 319 Caucasian controls. A total of 1330 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from 354 genes were analyzed using an Illumina GoldenGate assay. The genotyped common SNPs include missense and exonic SNPs, SNPs within untranslated regions and 2 kb 5' of the gene, and tagSNPs for genes with little functional information available. Logistic regression adjusted for potential confounders was used to assess the genetic effect of each SNP on EA risk. We also tested gene-gender interactions using the likelihood ratio tests. We found that the genetic variants in the apoptosis pathway were significantly associated with EA risk after correcting for multiple comparisons. SNPs of rs3127075 in Caspase-7 (CASP7) and rs4661636 in Caspase-9 (CASP9) genes that play a critical role in apoptosis were found to be associated with an increased risk of EA. A protective effect of SNP rs572483 in the progesterone receptor (PGR) gene was observed among women carrying the variant G allele [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.19; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.08-0.46] but was not observed among men (adjusted OR = 1.38; 95% CI = 0.95-2.00). In conclusion, this study suggests that the genetic variants of CASP7 and CASP9 in the apoptosis pathway may be important predictive markers for EA susceptibility and that PGR in the sex hormone signaling pathway may be associated with the gender differences in EA risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Chen-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ter-Minassian
authors.forename: Kofi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asomaning
authors.forename: Rihong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Zhaoxi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Heist
authors.forename: Matthew H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kulke
authors.forename: Xihong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Christiani
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017209:Apoptosis; D053179:Caspase 7 / Q000235:genetics; D053453:Caspase 9 / Q000235:genetics; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: C505520:CASP7 protein, human; C506433:CASP9 protein, human; D053179:Caspase 7; D053453:Caspase 9
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