title: p73 G4C14-A4T14 polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis based on 27 case-control studies.
abstract: p73 G4C14-A4T14 polymorphism has been hypothesised to be associated with the risk of cancer development by many epidemiological studies, however, the available results were conflicting. To derive a more precise estimation of association between the p73 G4C14-A4T14 polymorphism and risk of cancer, we performed a meta-analysis based on 8017 cancer cases and 11610 controls from 25 publications with 27 individual case-control studies. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the strength of the association. Overall, We found that the variant AT/AT homozygote was associated with a significantly increased risk of all types of cancer (homozygote comparison: OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.11-1.65; recessive model comparison: OR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.11-1.58). In the subgroup analyses by ethnicity/country, the results suggested that AT/AT genotype was significantly associated with risk of cancer development among Caucasians and Asians, especially for the Americans and Japanese. Moreover, when stratifying by types of cancer, significantly increased cancer risks were observed for colorectal cancer, 'head and neck cancers' and 'other cancers'. Interestingly, when stratifying by source of controls, a significantly elevated risk was found among hospital-based studies but not among population-based studies. Limiting the analysis to the studies within Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the results were persistent and robust. No publication bias was found in the present study. This meta-analysis suggests that the p73 -AT allele may be a low-penetrant risk factor for cancer development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Liver and Vascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Lv-Nan
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Tian-Fu
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Ming-Qing
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wen-Tao
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jia-Yin
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D017594:Publication Bias; D012307:Risk Factors; D000072160:Tumor Protein p73; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C000606460:TP73 protein, human; D000072160:Tumor Protein p73; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins