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Association of hepatocellular carcinoma risk with polymorphisms in tumour necrosis factor alpha gene in a Chinese Han population
Author(s) -
Yue Xin,
Jiang Xin,
Zou Hongjiu,
Li Gaokai,
Wang Jinan,
Liu Ying
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/iji.12474
Subject(s) - haplotype , hepatocellular carcinoma , single nucleotide polymorphism , genotyping , medicine , genotype , allele , tumor necrosis factor alpha , oncology , gastroenterology , biology , cancer research , gene , genetics
Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide. Studies have shown that the tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α) plays an important role in the development of HCC; however, the association between genetic variations of TNF‐α and HCC is not yet fully understood. To evaluate the correlation of TNF‐α polymorphisms with HCC, we randomly selected 327 HCC patients and 432 healthy controls, all these subjects reported Han nationality. Genotyping of four TNF‐α SNPs (rs1799724, rs1800629, rs1799964 and rs1800610) was performed using the matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization‐time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF‐MS) method. Distributions of rs1799964 genotypes and rs1800610 alleles were found to be significantly different between cases and controls ( p = .011, p = .001). The recessive model of rs1799964 significantly increased HCC risk ( p = .0015), while the dominant and over‐dominant models of rs1800610 significantly reduced HCC risk ( p = .0096, p = .014). Haplotype analysis of the four TNF‐α SNPs revealed that the TGTA haplotype was associated with a reduced HCC risk ( p = .0033, OR = 0.53), while the TGTG haplotype was associated with an increased HCC risk ( p = .0032, OR = 9.69). These findings indicated that specific TNF‐α polymorphisms may be associated with the susceptibility to HCC.