title: Evidence that polymorphisms in detoxification genes modulate the susceptibility for sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Polymorphic low-penetrance genes have been consistently associated with the susceptibility to a series of human tumors, including differentiated thyroid cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  To determine their role in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), we used TaqMan SNP method to genotype 47 sporadic MTC (s-MTC) and a control group of 578 healthy individuals for CYP1A2*F, CYP1A1m1, GSTP1, NAT2 and 72TP53. A logistic regression analysis showed that NAT2C/C (OR=3.87; 95% CI=2.11-7.10; P=2.2×10(-5)) and TP53C/C genotypes (OR=3.87; 95% CI=1.78-6.10; P=2.8×10(-4)) inheritance increased the risk of s-MTC. A stepwise regression analysis indicated that TP53C/C genotype contributes with 8.07% of the s-MTC risk.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We were unable to identify any relationship between NAT2 and TP53 polymorphisms suggesting they are independent factors of risk to s-MTC. In addition, there was no association between the investigated genes and clinical or pathological features of aggressiveness of the tumors or the outcome of MTC patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, we demonstrated that detoxification genes and apoptotic and cell cycle control genes are involved in the susceptibility of s-MTC and may modulate the susceptibility to the disease.
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Cancer, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, PO Box 6111, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: R B
authors: RB
authors: Barbieri
authors: N E
authors: NE
authors: Bufalo
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Secolin
authors: A C N
authors: AC
authors: Silva
authors: L V M
authors: LV
authors: Assumpção
authors: R M B
authors: RM
authors: Maciel
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Cerutti
authors: L S
authors: LS
authors: Ward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000502:physiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D055815:Young Adult