Gastric cancer in a caucasian population: Role of pepsinogen C genetic variants

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2006

Autores

Ana L Pinto Correia (Autor) Outra; Hugo Sousa (Autor) Outra; Maria Fragoso (Autor) Outra; Luis Moreira Dias (Autor) Outra; Carlos Lopes (Autor) ICBAS; Rui Medeiros (Autor) ICBAS; Mario Dinis Ribeiro (Autor) FMUP

Revista

Título: World Journal of Gastroenterology

Vol. 12

Páginas: 5033-5036

ISSN: 1007-9327

Editora: Baishideng Publishing Group

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 12 Citações

Scopus - 15 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Medicina clínica

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-004-HWV

Abstract (EN): AIM: To study the role of an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the pepsinogen C (PGC) gene, an effective marker for terminal differentiation of the stomach mucosa, in the susceptibility to the development of gastric lesions. METHODS: The study was performed with 99 samples of known gastric lesions and 127 samples without evidence of neoplastic disease. PCR was employed and the 6 polymorphic alleles were amplified: Allele 1 (510 bp), Allele 2 (480 bp), Allele 3/4 (450/460 bp), Allele 5 (400 bp) and Allele 6 (310 bp). RESULTS:'Our results revealed that Allele 6 carriers seemed to have protection against the development of any gastric lesion (OR = 0.34; P < 0.001), non-dysplastic lesions associated with gastric adenocarcinoma such as atrophy or intestinal metaplasia (OR = 0.28; P < 0.001) or invasive GC (OR = 0.39; P = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Our study reveals that the Allele 6 carrier status has a protective role in the development of gastric lesions, probably due to its association with higher expression of PGC. Moreover, the frequency of Allele 6 carriers in the control group is far higher than that obtained in Asian populations, which might represent a genetic gap between Caucasian and Asian populations.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 4