RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Significant Association of Caveolin-1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Childhood Leukemia in Taiwan JF Cancer Genomics - Proteomics JO Cancer Genomics Proteomics FD International Institute of Anticancer Research SP 75 OP 79 VO 10 IS 2 A1 CHUNG-HSING WANG A1 YU-LIANG LAI A1 WEN-SHIN CHANG A1 KANG-HSI WU A1 HSIEN-YUAN LANE A1 CHANG-FANG CHIU A1 FUU-JEN TSAI A1 CHENG-CHIEH LIN A1 DA-TIAN BAU YR 2013 UL http://cgp.iiarjournals.org/content/10/2/75.abstract AB Background: A growing body of evidence indicates that caveolin-1 (CAV1) may influence the development of human cancer. However, the exact role of CAV1 in childhood leukemia is still controversial. We investigated six novel polymorphic variants of CAV1, namely C521A (rs1997623), G14713A (rs3807987), G21985A (rs12672038), T28608A (rs3757733), T29107A (rs7804372), and G32124A (rs3807992), and analyzed the association of each specific genotype with susceptibility to childhood leukemia. Materials and Methods: In total, 266 patients with childhood leukemia and 266 age-matched healthy controls, recruited from two major medical centers in Taiwan, were genotyped investigating the association of these polymorphisms with childhood leukemia. Results: We found that there were significant differences between childhood leukemia and control groups in the distributions of their genotypes (p=4.1×10-8 and 0.0167) and allelic frequencies (p=4.9×10-10 and 3.7×10-3) in the CAV1 G14713A and T29107A polymorphisms, respectively. As for the haplotype analysis, those who had GG/AT or GG/AA at CAV1 G14713A/T29107A had a reduced risk of childhood leukemia compared to those with GG/TT, while those with any other combinations were at increased risk. Conclusion: The A allele of CAV1 G14713A is risky, while the A allele of CAV1 T29107A is protective for the development of childhood leukemia and these may be novel useful genomic markers for the early detection of childhood leukemia.