Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids (Jun 2020)

Associations of lncRNA H19 Polymorphisms at MicroRNA Binding Sites with Glioma Susceptibility and Prognosis

  • Yujiao Deng,
  • Linghui Zhou,
  • Jia Yao,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Yi Zheng,
  • Si Yang,
  • Ying Wu,
  • Na Li,
  • Peng Xu,
  • Lijuan Lyu,
  • Dai Zhang,
  • Jun Lyu,
  • Zhijun Dai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.02.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20
pp. 86 – 96

Abstract

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Glioma is the most common tumor of the central nervous system; variation in susceptibility and prognosis worldwide suggests that there are molecular and genetic differences among individuals. The H19 gene plays a dual role in carcinogenesis. In this study, associations between H19 polymorphisms and susceptibility as well as prognosis in glioma were evaluated. In total, 605 patients with glioma and 1,300 cancer-free subjects were enrolled in the study. Individuals with the rs3741219 A>G allele were less likely to develop glioma (relative risk [RR] = 0.54, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.45–0.63, p A and rs2839698 G>A genotypes were not associated with glioma risk. The associations between H19 polymorphisms and prognosis were assessed, including overall survival and progression-free survival. Three focused H19 polymorphisms did not show a significant effect on survival. Further analysis based on false-positive report probability validated these significant results. In the haplotype analysis, individuals with the Grs217727Ars2839698Grs3741219 haplotype were less likely to develop glioma (odds ratio [OR] = 0.33, 95% CI = 0.23–0.46, p = 0.02). Overall, carriers of the rs3741219 AG or GG genotype of H19 have a decreased susceptibility to glioma, but polymorphisms in this gene are not related to prognosis.

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