TNF/LTA polymorphisms and risk for gastric cancer/duodenal ulcer in the Korean population

Cytokine. 2004 Oct 21;28(2):75-82. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2004.06.009.

Abstract

The tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA) are proinflammatory cytokines with immunoregulatory effects. TNF is also known to inhibit gastric acid secretion. Previously we have shown that the known proinflammatory genotypes, IL-1B -31C/+ and IL-1RN *2/*2, were not associated with increased risks for gastric cancer/duodenal ulcer in the Korean population. In this study, we tested the association between the polymorphisms of another candidate cytokine TNF/LTA and 341 gastric cancers, 133 duodenal ulcers, and 261 healthy controls. Five TNF promoter polymorphisms (-1031, -863, -857, -308, and -238) and two LTA polymorphisms (intron 1 and Thr26Asn) were analyzed. Individual polymorphisms were not associated with the gastric cancer and/or duodenal ulcer risk. When a haplotype analysis was performed with seven polymorphisms, differences in haplotype profile between the controls and gastric cancer and/or duodenal ulcer were not statistically significant. However, the frequencies of individual haplotypes C and D, which had opposite alleles at -1031, -863, and -857, showed statistically significant differences between the gastric cancer and duodenal ulcer (P=0.005 and P=0.02, respectively), suggesting that the TNF/LTA genotypes might play an opposite role in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer and duodenal ulcer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Duodenal Ulcer / complications
  • Duodenal Ulcer / genetics*
  • Duodenal Ulcer / pathology
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Korea
  • Lymphotoxin-alpha / genetics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factors / genetics*

Substances

  • Lymphotoxin-alpha
  • Tumor Necrosis Factors