Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes.
Nat Genet
; 39(8): 977-83, 2007 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-17603485
ABSTRACT
We performed a genome-wide association scan to search for sequence variants conferring risk of prostate cancer using 1,501 Icelandic men with prostate cancer and 11,290 controls. Follow-up studies involving three additional case-control groups replicated an association of two variants on chromosome 17 with the disease. These two variants, 33 Mb apart, fall within a region previously implicated by family-based linkage studies on prostate cancer. The risks conferred by these variants are moderate individually (allele odds ratio of about 1.20), but because they are common, their joint population attributable risk is substantial. One of the variants is in TCF2 (HNF1beta), a gene known to be mutated in individuals with maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 5. Results from eight case-control groups, including one West African and one Chinese, demonstrate that this variant confers protection against type 2 diabetes.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 17
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Fator 1-beta Nuclear de Hepatócito
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Islândia