title: Comprehensive assessment of the association of ERCC2 Lys751Gln polymorphism with susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma.
abstract: Previous studies evaluating the association between excision repair cross-complimentary group 2 (ERCC2) Lys751Gln polymorphism and susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma reported conflicting findings. We searched PubMed and Wangfang Medical databases up to October 16, 2012 to identify eligible studies. A total of 8 case-control studies including 3,492 cases and 5,381 controls were included in the meta-analysis. Statistical analysis was performed with Review Manage version 5.1. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95 % confidence intervals (95 %CIs) were used to assess the strength of the association. There was no obvious between-study heterogeneity among those eight studies under all four comparison models. Overall, there was a significant association between ERCC2 Lys751Gln polymorphism and susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma under three genetic models (for Gln versus Lys: OR = 1.08, 95 % CI = 1.01-1.15, P = 0.02; for GlnGln versus LysLys: OR = 1.16, 95 % CI = 1.01-1.33, P = 0.03; for GlnGln/LysGln versus LysLys: OR = 1.10, 95 % CI = 1.01-1.21, P = 0.04). Sensitivity analysis by omitting one study a time showed the significance of the pooled ORs was stable under all those three genetic models above. Therefore, the meta-analysis suggests that there is a significant association between ERCC2 Lys751Gln polymorphism and susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, 250012, China.
authors.forename: Yuhao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Weiyuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D051759:Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group D Protein / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051759:Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group D Protein; C497292:ERCC2 protein, human