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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genetic polymorphisms and risk of leukaemia among the North Indian population.

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BACKGROUND:Leukaemia is a heterogeneous disease in which haematopoietic progenitor cells acquire genetic lesions that lead to a block in differentiation, increased self-renewal, and unregulated proliferation. The enzyme 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), involved in folate metabolism, plays a crucial role in cells because folate availability is important for DNA integrity. The aim of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of the C677T MTHFR gene polymorphism with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 275 leukaemia cases - including AML (n = 112), ALL (n = 81), CML (n = 43), CLL (n = 39) - and 251 age/sex-matched healthy control individuals participated in this study. MTHFR C677T polymorphisms in the cases and controls were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). RESULTS:The average MTHFR 677CC, 677CT, 677TT genotype frequencies of total leukaemia cases were 68.73%, 19.64%, and 11.64% in cases, and 71.71%, 24.30%, and 3.98% in healthy controls, respectively. The average frequency of the MTHFR 677T allele was 21.45% among the cases compared to 16.13% among the controls. CONCLUSIONS:In the present case-control study we have observed a higher frequency of the MTHFR 677TT genotype in cases of leukaemia (AML, ALL, CML and CLL) as compared with controls; this might be due to ethnic and geographic variation. As per our findings, although the frequency of the MTHFR 677T allele is moderately high in AML, ALL and CLL, no statistically significant association was found; on the other hand statistically significant association was found in the context of CML cases.

journal_name

Cancer Epidemiol

journal_title

Cancer epidemiology

authors

Hussain SR,Naqvi H,Raza ST,Ahmed F,Babu SG,Kumar A,Zaidi ZH,Mahdi F

doi

10.1016/j.canep.2012.02.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-08-01 00:00:00

pages

e227-31

issue

eissn

1877-7821

issn

1877-783X

pii

S1877-7821(12)00030-6

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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genetic polymorphisms and risk of leukaemia among the North Indian population.