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. 2021 Jan 1;12(5):1373-1378.
doi: 10.7150/jca.52621. eCollection 2021.

LIN28A polymorphisms and hepatoblastoma susceptibility in Chinese children

Zhonghua Yang  1 , Yuyao Deng  2 , Keren Zhang  1 , Yuzuo Bai  1 , Jinhong Zhu  3 , Jiao Zhang  4 , Jiwen Cheng  5 , Li Li  6 , Jing He  7 , Weilin Wang  1
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LIN28A polymorphisms and hepatoblastoma susceptibility in Chinese children

Zhonghua Yang et al. J Cancer. .

Abstract

Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most prevalent primary hepatic cancer in children aged 6 months to 3 years. LIN28A is recurrently mutated in various diseases, and critically involved in tumorigenesis. However, a limited number of studies have examined the involvement of LIN28A polymorphisms in HB risk. We used the TaqMan assay to genotype four LIN28A polymorphisms (rs3811464 G>A, rs3811463 T>C, rs34787247 G>A, and rs11247957 G>A) in 275 Chinese children with HB and 1018 cancer-free controls from five medical centers in China. Their association with HB risk was evaluated on the basis of odds ratio (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). Overall, no significant associations were found in single locus and combine analysis. Interestingly, in the stratified analysis, we found that subjects with 1-3 risk genotypes were more likely to develop HB in patients ≥17 months of age (adjusted OR=1.76, 95% CI=1.04-2.98, P=0.034). The rs3811464 GA/AA genotypes were associated with decrease HB risk in patients with clinical stage III+IV disease (adjusted OR=0.50, 95% CI=0.26-0.96, P=0.038). Our results suggest that the LIN28A polymorphisms have a weak association with HB susceptibility in the Chinese children. LIN28A rs3811464 G>A may decrease HB risk in stage III+IV patients which need further validations with larger samples and different ethnicities.

Keywords: Hepatoblastoma; LIN28A; Polymorphism; Susceptibility.

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