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| Title: | Genetic susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia shows protection in Malay boys: Results from the Malaysia-Singapore ALL Study Group | Authors: | Yeoh, A.E.-J. Lu, Y. Chan, J.Y.-S. Kham, S.K.-Y. Quah, T.C. Chan, Y.H. Ariffin, H. |
Keywords: | Childhood ALL Folate metabolism Gender effect Genetic epidemiology Malay NQO1 Polymorphism |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Citation: | Yeoh, A.E.-J., Lu, Y., Chan, J.Y.-S., Kham, S.K.-Y., Quah, T.C., Chan, Y.H., Ariffin, H. (2010). Genetic susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia shows protection in Malay boys: Results from the Malaysia-Singapore ALL Study Group. Leukemia Research 34 (3) : 276-283. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2009.07.003 | Abstract: | To study genetic epidemiology of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the Chinese and Malays, we investigated 10 polymorphisms encoding carcinogen- or folate-metabolism and transport. Sex-adjusted analysis showed NQO1 609CT significantly protects against ALL, whilst MTHFR 677CT confers marginal protection. Interestingly, we observed that NQO1 609CT and MTHFR 1298 C-allele have greater genetic impact in boys than in girls. The combination of SLC19A1 80GA heterozygosity and 3′-TYMS -6 bp/-6 bp homozygous deletion is associated with reduced ALL risk in Malay boys. Our study has suggested the importance of gender and race in modulating ALL susceptibility via the folate metabolic pathway. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. | Source Title: | Leukemia Research | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/25622 | ISSN: | 01452126 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.07.003 |
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