2015
DNA Repair Genes XRCC1 and ERCC1 Polymorphisms and the Risk of Sporadic Breast Cancer in Han Women in the Gansu Province of China
Zhu G, Wang L, Guo H, Lu L, Yang S, Wang T, Guo H, Wang H, Min J, Yang K, Chen X, Liu Y, Wang Z, Su H. DNA Repair Genes XRCC1 and ERCC1 Polymorphisms and the Risk of Sporadic Breast Cancer in Han Women in the Gansu Province of China. Genetic Testing And Molecular Biomarkers 2015, 19: 387-393. PMID: 25961110, DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2015.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerSporadic breast cancerProgesterone receptorEstrogen receptorHan womenSingle nucleotide polymorphismsXRCC1 rs25487 polymorphismDisease-free controlsDNA repair gene XRCC1DNA damage repair genesBreast cancer susceptibilityRisk of diseaseDNA repair capacityERCC1 polymorphismsRs25487 polymorphismGG genotypeAA genotypeXRCC1 rs25487Significant associationDisease riskCancerGene XRCC1GC haplotypeCancer susceptibilityRepair capacity
2013
An insulin-like growth factor-II intronic variant affects local DNA conformation and ovarian cancer survival
Lu L, Risch E, Deng Q, Biglia N, Picardo E, Katsaros D, Yu H. An insulin-like growth factor-II intronic variant affects local DNA conformation and ovarian cancer survival. Carcinogenesis 2013, 34: 2024-2030. PMID: 23677070, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-like growth factor IIIGF-II expressionPatient survivalGrowth factor IIPresence of carboplatinChemotherapy responseOvarian cancerCox proportional hazards regression modelKaplan-Meier survival curvesProportional hazards regression modelsFactor IIOvarian cancer tissue samplesIGF-II genotypeAdjusted hazard ratioOvarian cancer survivalHazards regression modelsCommercial enzyme-linked immunosorbentQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionOvarian cancer developmentTranscription-polymerase chain reactionCancer tissue samplesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentHazard ratioSNP genotyping assays