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Comparative Study
. 2015 Dec 18;10(12):e0145170.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145170. eCollection 2015.

Comparison of Genetic Variants in Cancer-Related Genes between Chinese Hui and Han Populations

Chaoyong Tian  1   2 , Zhiqiang Chen  3 , Xixian Ma  4 , Ming Yang  5 , Zhizhong Wang  6 , Ying Dong  1 , Ting Yang  6 , Wenjun Yang  1   2   6
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Comparative Study

Comparison of Genetic Variants in Cancer-Related Genes between Chinese Hui and Han Populations

Chaoyong Tian et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Background: The Chinese Hui population, as the second largest minority ethnic group in China, may have a different genetic background from Han people because of its unique demographic history. In this study, we aimed to identify genetic differences between Han and Hui Chinese from the Ningxia region of China by comparing eighteen single nucleotide polymorphisms in cancer-related genes.

Methods: DNA samples were collected from 99 Hui and 145 Han people from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China, and SNPs were detected using an improved multiplex ligase detection reaction method. Genotyping data from six 1000 Genomes Project population samples (99 Utah residents with northern and western European ancestry (CEU), 107 Toscani in Italy (TSI), 108 Yoruba in Ibadan (YRI), 61 of African ancestry in the southwestern US (ASW), 103 Han Chinese in Beijing (CHB), and 104 Japanese in Tokyo (JPT)) were also included in this study. Differences in the distribution of alleles among the populations were assessed using χ2 tests, and FST was used to measure the degree of population differentiation.

Results: We found that the genetic diversity of many SNPs in cancer-related genes in the Hui Chinese in Ningxia was different from that in the Han Chinese in Ningxia. For example, the allele frequencies of four SNPs (rs13361707, rs2274223, rs465498, and rs753955) showed different genetic distributions (p<0.05) between Chinese Ningxia Han and Chinese Ningxia Hui. Five SNPs (rs730506, rs13361707, rs2274223, rs465498 and rs753955) had different FST values (FST>0.000) between the Hui and Han populations.

Conclusions: These results suggest that some SNPs associated with cancer-related genes vary among different Chinese ethnic groups. We suggest that population differences should be carefully considered in evaluating cancer risk and prognosis as well as the efficacy of cancer therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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