Gene-environment interactions of novel variants associated with head and neck cancer

Caihua Liang, Carmen J. Marsit, E. Andres Houseman, Rondi Butler, Heather H. Nelson, Michael D. McClean, Karl T. Kelsey

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Abstract

Background A genome-wide association study for upper aerodigestive tract cancers identified 19 candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We used these SNPs to investigate the potential gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) risk. Methods The 19 variants were genotyped using Taqman assays among 575 cases and 676 controls in our population-based case-control study. Results A restricted cubic spline model suggested both ADH1B and HEL308 modified the association between smoking pack-years and HNSCC. Classification and regression tree analysis demonstrated a higher-order interaction between smoking status, ADH1B, FLJ13089, and FLJ35784 in HNSCC risk. Compared with ever smokers carrying ADH1B T/C+T/T genotypes, smokers carrying ADH1B C/C genotype and FLJ13089 A/G+A/A genotypes had the highest risk of HNSCC (odds ratio = 1.84). Conclusions Our results suggest that the risk associated with these variants may be specifically important among specific exposure groups. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2012

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1111-1118
Number of pages8
JournalHead and Neck
Volume34
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012

Keywords

  • gene and environment interaction
  • head and neck cancer
  • post-genome-wide association study

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