Gene polymorphisms of and are related to epithelial ovarian cancer risk in South China: A three-center case-control study.

: The potential relation of methyltransferase-like gene polymorphisms and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains unclear. Five SNPs ( rs3769767 A>G, rs1056321 T>C, rs10190853 G>A, rs3769768 G>A and rs11869256 A>G) of methyltransferase-like genes was selected trough NCBI dbSNP database. Two hundred and eighty-eight cases and 361 controls were enrolled from three hospitals in South China to conduct the case-control study. Genomic DNA was abstracted from peripheral blood and genotyped through a TapMan assay. Stratified analysis was conducted to explore the association of rs10190853, rs3769768, rs11869256 genotype and EOC susceptibility. The combination analysis was adopted to evaluate the relation between inferred haplotypes of the genes and EOC risk. Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) analysis was performed to verify the interaction of SNPs. Among the five analyzed SNPs, rs3769768 AA exhibited a significant association with increased EOC risk, while rs10190853 GA, rs11869256 GA was certified to decrease the susceptibility of EOC. The stratified analysis further revealed the harmful effect of rs3769768 AA in EOC patients. On the contrary, rs11869256 AG/GG and rs10190853 AA showed the reduced risk of EOC in patients of specific subgroups. Combination analysis identified that haplotypes AAA highly connected with reduced risk of EOC. MDR analysis revealed that these SNPs existed no specific interactions. : rs3769768 was related to increased risk of EOC. rs10190853 and rs11869256 decreased the susceptibility in EOC. and could be potential target of molecular therapy and prognosis markers.