title: Lack of an association between AURKA T91A polymorphisms and breast cancer: a meta-analysis involving 32,141 subjects.
abstract: Several studies have investigated the associations between AURKA T91A polymorphism and the susceptibility to breast cancer, but the results have been inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, a meta-analysis was performed. A total of 11 case-control studies, including 14,361 cases and 17,780 controls, were selected. Crude odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the strength of association in the additive model, dominant model, and recessive model. When all the studies were pooled into the meta-analysis, there was no evidence showing a significant association between AURKA T91A polymorphism and breast cancer risk (for additive model, OR = 0.839, 95% CI = 0.678-1.038; for dominant model: OR = 0.890, 95% CI = 0.757-1.074; and for recessive model: OR = 0.987, 95% CI = 0.963-1.012). In the subgroup analysis by ethnicity, significantly decreased risks were found for Asians (additive model, OR = 0.857, 95% CI = 0.742-0.991). When stratified by study design, no significant association was found between the polymorphism and breast cancer risk. In conclusion, this meta-analysis indicates that the AURKA T91A polymorphism is not a risk factor for developing breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Baojian Road 157, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China.
authors.forename: Haiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Songbin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D064096:Aurora Kinase A; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016017:Odds Ratio; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C576917:AURKA protein, human; D064096:Aurora Kinase A; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases