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LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Review of Literature<br />

exposures including environmental factors could contribute to the development of<br />

UADT MPN.<br />

2.5 Single nucleotide polymorphism and genetic susceptibility to UADT MPN<br />

Presently much emphasis has been laid on understanding effect of gene<br />

polymorphisms in terms of their associations with risk of various cancers. The genetic<br />

component influencing susceptibility to cancer includes gene falling mainly in<br />

important carcinogenesis pathways of DNA repair, carcinogen metabolism, cell cycle<br />

regulation and cell death control. Variation in any of these mechanisms may result in<br />

accumulation of cell with genetic alteration in critical genes leading to tumourigenesis<br />

9 . So far no single gene mutation/ variation has been attributed to be the cause of UADT<br />

MPN. Hence cumulative effects of low penetrance genes are likely to contribute<br />

susceptibility to such cancers. Evidences from various studies analyzing cumulative<br />

polymorphisms suggest aberrant gene-environment interactions to be an important<br />

etiological factor in carcinogenesis. A large number of case control studies have<br />

attempted to establish the role of polymorphisms in critical regulatory pathway genes<br />

with susceptibility to development of second primary tumours 7, 12, 40-44 .<br />

Studies from our own group describe the involvement of single nucleotide<br />

polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility in etiology of UADT MPN in Indian<br />

population. In studies done by Jhavar et al., GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene null genotype<br />

has been found to confer risk for developing UADT MPN in Indian males using<br />

tobacco and females with paired occurrence of cancers in UADT and genital region 7,<br />

45 . In another case-control study and meta-analysis of SULT1A1 Arg 213 His<br />

polymorphism from our group, UADT MPN patients showed significant risk<br />

association with SULT1A1 gene polymorphism 12 . As risk assessment for cancer risk is<br />

moving toward a multigenic pathway-based approach in a recent report from our lab in<br />

an attempt to understand collective effect of a panel of SNPs, an association of<br />

polymorphisms in genes falling in major carcinogenesis pathways was observed in<br />

MPN patients with tobacco habit 40 . These studies emphasise the role of genetic<br />

predisposition in UADT MPN and importance of undertaking studies evaluating a<br />

cumulative effect of panel of important gene SNPs.<br />

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