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Association of TERT-CLPTM1L and 8q24 Common Genetic Variants with Gallbladder Cancer Susceptibility and Prognosis in North Indian Population

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Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is one of the common malignancy of the biliary tract. Several genome wide and candidate gene studies have reported associations between multiple cancer types and single-nucleotide polymorphisms on 5p15.33 and 8q24.21 loci. However, predisposition potential of these genetic variants has not been assessed in GBC. We performed the present study to assess the potential of five polymorphisms on 5p15.33 and one on 8q24.21 locus in GBC risk and treatment response in patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. We extracted genomic DNA from peripheral blood and genotyped selected SNPs using TaqMan allelic discrimination assays in 523 GBC cases and 274 controls from the north-Indian population. Statistical tests were performed to assess the association of selected common genetic variants with gallbladder cancer susceptibility and prognosis. Binary logistic regression analysis showed significant association of TERT rs2736100C > A [OR(CI) = 0.690(0.515–0.924), p value = 0.013], CLPTM1L rs401681C > T [OR(CI) = 0.586(0.405–0.847), p value = 0.004], and CASC8 rs6983267G > T [OR(CI) = 1.629(1.215–2.186), p value = 0.001] with GBC risk. Further, using multivariate logistic regression, we observed that haplotype CLPTM1L Crs401681Crs31489 TERT Trs2853676Ars2736100 MIR4457 Grs4635969 [OR(CI) = 7.52 (1.79–31.52), p value = 0.0064] is significantly associated with poor treatment response. In survival analysis, Kaplan–Meier survival curves showed significantly poor survival and COX regression suggested significantly higher hazard ratio in TT genotype carriers of CASC8 rs6983267 [OR(CI) = 4.28(1. 07–17.10), p value = 0.040] as compared to major allele and heterozygous (GG+GT) genotypes in metastatic GBC cases. The study revealed that 5p15.33 and 8q24.21 genetic variants significantly influence GBC risk and treatment response in north-Indian population.

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Funding was provided by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant No. BT/PR15017/MED/12/498/2010).

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Financial assistance in the form of grants and fellowships from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and DST, government of India are gratefully acknowledged. BM is Emeritus Medical Scientist of ICMR and SY is CSIR research fellow.

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  1. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India

    Saurabh Yadav & Ashok Kumar

  2. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226003, India

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  3. Department of Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226025, India

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Yadav, S., Chandra, A., Kumar, A. et al. Association of TERT-CLPTM1L and 8q24 Common Genetic Variants with Gallbladder Cancer Susceptibility and Prognosis in North Indian Population. Biochem Genet 56, 267–282 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-018-9843-z

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