AIM: Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is a modifier of adenomatous polyposis coli-dependent tumourigenesis. The G316 > A polymorphism in intron 1 of the ODC gene lies between two myc-binding domains and alters the expression of the gene to affect polyamine metabolism. This variant may be associated with recurrence of colorectal adenoma. We examined whether this variant also modified the susceptibility to sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC). METHOD: The G316 > A variant was analysed in a large (n = 754) CRC case-controlled series of hospital patient volunteers (n = 627) in the Czech Republic, and the relationship with cancer risk was estimated by conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: After adjusting for age and sex, G316 > A was associated with no decrease in CRC risk for either heterozygotes [odds ratio 0.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.77-1.23] or rare allele homozygotes (odds ratio 0.92, 95% CI 0.61-1.37). CONCLUSION: The G316 > A functional variant in the ODC gene is unlikely to make much impact on reducing CRC risk regardless of the reduction in risk found for the recurrence of colorectal adenoma.
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- dospělí MeSH
- genotyp MeSH
- introny MeSH
- jednonukleotidový polymorfismus * MeSH
- karcinom genetika MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- logistické modely MeSH
- nádory rekta genetika MeSH
- nádory tračníku genetika MeSH
- ornithindekarboxylasa genetika MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- studie případů a kontrol MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
