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Onco Targets Ther. 2016 Apr 19;9:2181-92. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S94761. eCollection 2016.

Association between two interleukin-2 gene polymorphisms and cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis.

OncoTargets and therapy

Meng Zhang, Xiuxiu Tan, Junjie Huang, Lijuan Xie, Hao Wang, Jizhou Shi, Wei Lu, Zhaojie Lv, Hongbing Mei, Chaozhao Liang

Affiliations

  1. Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Clinical Medicine of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Peoples Republic of China; Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Peoples Republic of China.
  2. Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Clinical Medicine of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Peoples Republic of China.
  3. Department of Hematology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China.
  4. Department of Urology, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Peoples Republic of China.
  5. Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Peoples Republic of China.

PMID: 27143914 PMCID: PMC4846049 DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S94761

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Several epidemiological studies have illustrated that polymorphisms in interleukin-2 (IL-2) were associated with diverse cancer types. However, recently published statistics were inconsistent and inconclusive. Therefore, the current meta-analysis was performed to elaborate the effects of IL-2 polymorphisms (rs2069762 and rs2069763) on cancer susceptibility.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 5,601 cancer cases and 7,809 controls from 21 published case-control studies were enrolled in our meta-analysis. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated to assess the association between IL-2 polymorphisms and cancer susceptibility.

RESULTS: Our study demonstrated an increased susceptibility to cancer in rs2069762 (G vs T: OR =1.268, 95% CI =1.113-1.445; GG vs TT: OR =1.801, 95% CI =1.289-2.516; GT vs TT: OR =1.250, 95% CI =1.061-1.473; GG + GT vs TT: OR =1.329, 95% CI =1.118-1.579; GG vs GT + TT: OR =1.536, 95% CI =1.162-2.030). In the subgroup analysis, increased susceptibility to cancer was identified in the hospital-based group and P HWE<0.05 (P-value of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium [HWE]) group. In addition, a positive association with cancer susceptibility was observed among both Chinese and non-Chinese. However, no relationship was detected between the rs2069763 polymorphism of IL-2 and cancer susceptibility.

CONCLUSION: To conclude, rs2069762 polymorphism of IL-2 contributed to an increased susceptibility to cancer, whereas no association was identified between rs2069763 polymorphism and cancer susceptibility. Further detailed studies are warranted to confirm our findings.

Keywords: IL-2; cancer; meta-analysis; polymorphism

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