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. 2021 Mar 16;9(8):1785-1792.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i8.1785.

Association between homeobox protein transcript antisense intergenic ribonucleic acid genetic polymorphisms and cholangiocarcinoma

Dimitra Ioanna Lampropoulou  1 , Konstantinos Laschos  1 , Gerasimos Aravantinos  1 , Konstantinos Georgiou  2 , Konstantinos Papiris  3 , George Theodoropoulos  2 , Maria Gazouli  4 , Dimitrios Filippou  5
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Association between homeobox protein transcript antisense intergenic ribonucleic acid genetic polymorphisms and cholangiocarcinoma

Dimitra Ioanna Lampropoulou et al. World J Clin Cases. .

Abstract

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) represents a rare but highly aggressive malignancy that is often challenging to diagnose, especially in early stages. The role of existing tumor biomarkers for CCA diagnosis, remains controversial due to their low sensitivity and specificity. Increasing evidence has implicated long non-coding ribonucleic acid polymorphisms with cancer susceptibility in a variety of tumor types. The association between long non-coding ribonucleic acid homeobox protein transcript antisense intergenic ribonucleic acid (HOTAIR) polymorphisms and CCA risk has not been reported yet.

Aim: To investigate the influence of HOTAIR variants on the risk of CCA development.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study in which three HOTAIR single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs920778, rs4759314 and rs7958904) were genotyped in a Greek cohort. Our study population included 122 CCA patients (80 males and 42 females) and 165 healthy controls. The polymorphisms under investigation were examined in peripheral blood samples.

Results: HOTAIR rs4759314 AG and GG genotypes were associated with a significantly increased CCA risk [P = 0.004, odds ratio: 3.13; 95% confidence interval: 1.65-5.91 and P = 0.005, odds ratio: 12.31; 95% confidence interval: 1.48-101.87, respectively]. However, no significant associations of HOTAIR rs920778, and rs7958904 were detected. Similarly, we found no significant associations between rs4759314 AA genotype and CCA susceptibility.

Conclusion: HOTAIR rs4759314 AG and GG genotypes may be implicated with CCA development and may serve as a potential diagnostic biomarker.

Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma; Homeobox protein transcript antisense intergenic ribonucleic acid polymorphisms; Rs4759314; Rs7958904; Rs920778.

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