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BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages R264-R274Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/bcr786
Keywords
African Americans; breast cancer; manganese superoxide dismutase polymorphism
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [P50CA058223] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [P42ES005948, P30ES010126] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [P50-CA58223, P50 CA058223] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30 ES010126, P42 ES005948, P42-ES05948, P30-ES10126] Funding Source: Medline
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Introduction: A polymorphism in the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene, Ala-9Val, has been examined in association with breast cancer risk in several epidemiologic studies. Results suggest that the Ala allele increases the risk of breast cancer and modifies the effects of environmental exposures that produce oxidative damage to DNA. Methods: We examined the role of the MnSOD Ala-9Val polymorphism in a population-based case-control study of invasive and in situ breast cancer in North Carolina. Genotypes were evaluated for 2025 cases ( 760 African Americans and 1265 whites) and for 1812 controls ( 677 African Americans and 1135 whites). Results: The odds ratio for MnSOD Ala/Ala versus any MnSOD Val genotypes was not elevated in African Americans (odds ratio = 0.9, 95% confidence interval = 0.7-1.2) or in whites (odds ratio = 1.0, 95% confidence interval = 0.8-1.2). Greater than additive joint effects were observed for the Ala/Ala genotype and smoking, radiation to the chest, and occupational exposure to ionizing radiation. Antagonism was observed between the Ala/Ala genotype and the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Conclusions: The MnSOD genotype may contribute to an increased risk of breast cancer in the presence of specific environmental exposures. These results provide further evidence for the importance of reactive oxygen species and of oxidative DNA damage in the etiology of breast cancer.
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