The association of genetic factors with serum calretinin levels in asbestos-related diseases
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30 nov 2023
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Categoria dell'articolo: Research Article
Pubblicato online: 30 nov 2023
Pagine: 473 - 486
Ricevuto: 19 ott 2023
Accettato: 31 ott 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0061
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© 2023 Cita Zupanc et al., published by Sciendo
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FIGURE 1.

Association of investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with malignant mesothelioma (MM) susceptibility
CC | 340 (55.2) | 139 (48.3) | Reference | Reference | |||
CT | 226 (36.7) | 120 (41.7) | 1.30 (0.97–1.75) | 0.084 | 1.35 (0.97–1.87) | 0.073 | |
TT | 50 (8.1) | 29 (10.1) | 1.42 (0.86–2.34) | 0.169 | 1.34 (0.77–2.32) | 0.299 | |
CT+TT | 276 (44.8) | 149 (51.7) | 1.32 (1.00–1.75) | 0.052 | 1.35 (0.99–1.83) | 0.059 | |
CC | 485 (78.9) [1] | 223 (77.4) | Reference | Reference | |||
CA | 121 (19.7) | 61 (21.2) | 1.10 (0.78–1.55) | 0.602 | 1.03 (0.70–1.51) | 0.899 | |
AA | 9 (1.5) | 4 (1.4) | 0.97 (0.29–3.17) | 0.955 | 0.55 (0.15–1.94) | 0.349 | |
CA+AA | 130 (21.1) | 65 (22.6) | 1.09 (0.78–1.52) | 0.626 | 0.98 (0.67–1.42) | 0.912 | |
CC | 352 (57.3) [2] | 175 (60.8) | Reference | Reference | |||
CT | 222 (36.2) | 97 (33.7) | 0.88 (0.65–1.19) | 0.398 | 0.91 (0.66–1.26) | 0.576 | |
TT | 40 (6.5) | 16 (5.6) | 0.80 (0.44–1.48) | 0.483 | 0.82 (0.42–1.60) | 0.554 | |
CT+TT | 262 (42.7) | 113 (39.2) | 0.87 (0.65–1.15) | 0.329 | 0.90 (0.65–1.23) | 0.493 | |
CC | 117 (19.0) | 70 (24.3) | Reference | Reference | |||
CA | 319 (51.8) | 149 (51.7) | 0.78 (0.55–1.11) | 0.171 | 0.83 (0.56–1.23) | 0.349 | |
AA | 180 (29.2) | 69 (24.0) | 0.64 (0.43–0.96) | 0.68 (0.44–1.07) | 0.093 | ||
CA+AA | 499 (81.0) | 218 (75.7) | 0.73 (0.52–1.02) | 0.067 | 0.78 (0.53–1.13) | 0.182 | |
GG | 158 (25.8) [3] | 70 (24.3) | Reference | Reference | |||
GA | 307 (50.1) | 139 (48.3) | 1.02 (0.72–1.44) | 0.902 | 1.00 (0.68–1.46) | 0.98 | |
AA | 148 (24.1) | 79 (27.4) | 1.20 (0.81–1.78) | 0.352 | 1.22 (0.79–1.87) | 0.376 | |
GA+AA | 455 (74.2) | 218 (75.7) | 1.08 (0.78–1.50) | 0.636 | 1.07 (0.75–1.52) | 0.724 | |
TT | 374 (60.7) | 173 (60.1) | Reference | Reference | |||
TC | 210 (34.1) | 103 (35.8) | 1.06 (0.79–1.43) | 0.699 | 1.08 (0.78–1.50) | 0.636 | |
CC | 32 (5.2) | 12 (4.2) | 0.81 (0.41–1.61) | 0.550 | 0.92 (0.44–1.93) | 0.823 | |
TC+CC | 242 (39.3) | 115 (39.9) | 1.03 (0.77–1.37) | 0.853 | 1.06 (0.78–1.45) | 0.711 | |
TT | 109 (17.7) | 55 (19.1) | Reference | Reference | |||
TC | 266 (43.2) | 135 (46.9) | 1.01 (0.68–1.48) | 0.976 | 1.05 (0.69–1.61) | 0.815 | |
CC | 241 (39.1) | 98 (34.0) | 0.81 (0.54–1.20) | 0.291 | 0.76 (0.49–1.18) | 0.218 | |
TC+CC | 507 (82.3) | 233 (80.9) | 0.91 (0.64–1.30) | 0.610 | 0.91 (0.61–1.35) | 0.627 |
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis according to individual genotypes for selected single nucleotide polymorphisms: comparison of malignant mesothelioma (MM) patients with all other subjects
Overall analysis in the whole group | / | 0.825 (0.781–0.868) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.681 | 0.887 |
CC | 0.831 (0.782–0.880) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.695 | 0.876 | |
CA | 0.779 (0.667–0.891) | < 0.001 | 0.31 | 0.607 | 0.935 | |
AA |
0.958 (0.837–1.000) | 0.019 | 0.21 | 1.000 | 0.833 | |
CA+AA | 0.801 (0.702–0.901) | < 0.001 | 0.31 | 0.625 | 0.940 | |
CC | 0.906 (0.845–0.968) | < 0.001 | 0.26 | 0.810 | 0.903 | |
CA | 0.803 (0.736–0.869) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.671 | 0.888 | |
AA | 0.781 (0.686–0.876) | < 0.001 | 0.33 | 0.615 | 0.877 | |
CA+AA | 0.797 (0.742–0.851) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.653 | 0.881 | |
GG | 0.853 (0.766–0.940) | < 0.001 | 0.29 | 0.757 | 0.872 | |
GA | 0.803 (0.739–0.867) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.643 | 0.892 | |
AA | 0.845 (0.765–0.925) | < 0.001 | 0.35 | 0.738 | 0.881 | |
GA+AA | 0.815 (0.764–0.866) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.675 | 0.881 | |
TT | 0.812 (0.754–0.871) | < 0.001 | 0.32 | 0.693 | 0.884 | |
TC | 0.868 (0.804–0.931) | < 0.001 | 0.23 | 0.818 | 0.798 | |
CC |
0.664 (0.406–0.922) | 0.203 | 0.18 | 0.714 | 0.700 | |
TC+CC | 0.842 (0.777–0.907) | < 0.001 | 0.23 | 0.790 | 0.785 |
Clinical characteristics of the subjects included in the study
Sex | Male, N (%) | 61 (73.5) | 262 (68.9) | 119 (77.8) | 213 (74.0) | 0.180 |
Female, N (%) | 22 (26.5) | 118 (31.1) | 34 (22.2) | 75 (26.0) | ||
Age | Median (25%–75%) | 53.4 (48.5–59.2) | 54.8 (48.8–62.7) | 59.4 (51.3–66.1) | 66.0 (59–73) | < 0.001 |
Smoking | No, N (%) | 46 (55.4) | 187 (49.2) | 74 (48.4) | 158 (56.4) [8] | 0.205 |
Yes, N (%) | 37 (44.6) | 193 (50.8) | 79 (51.6) | 122 (43.6) |
Association of selected SNPs with serum calretinin concentration
CC | 0.18 (0.11–0.34) | 0.622 | 0.422 | 0.15 (0.09–0.22) | 0.751 | 0.865 | 0.64 (0.22–1.45) | 0.952 | 0.802 | |
CT | 0.19 (0.11–0.41) | 0.16 (0.09–0.24) | 0.51 (0.23–1.41) | |||||||
TT | 0.18 (0.10–0.37) | 0.13 (0.08–0.20) | 0.38 (0.21–3.57) | |||||||
CT+TT | 0.19 (0.11–0.40) | 0.15 (0.09–0.24) | 0.48 (0.23–1.43) | |||||||
CC | 0.19 (0.11–0.37) | 0.099 | 0.15 (0.10–0.23) | 0.130 | 0.069 | 0.52 (0.25–1.43) | 0.508 | 0.441 | ||
CA | 0.17 (0.08–0.27) | 0.16 (0.08–0.21) | 0.44 (0.14–1.35) | |||||||
AA | 0.21 (0.05–0.77) | 0.10 (0.02–0.21) | 1.07 (0.28–1.84) | |||||||
CA+AA | 0.17 (0.08–0.28) | 0.14 (0.07–0.21) | 0.50 (0.15–1.51) | |||||||
CC | 0.18 (0.11–0.38) | 0.955 | 0.770 | 0.14 (0.09–0.22) | 0.382 | 0.647 | 0.53 (0.24–1.44) | 0.326 | 0.768 | |
CT | 0.18 (0.12–0.32) | 0.16 (0.1–0.24) | 0.44 (0.19–1.30) | |||||||
TT | 0.21 (0.06–0.51) | 0.12 (0.05–0.22) | 0.86 (0.50–2.30) | |||||||
CT+TT | 0.19 (0.11–0.34) | 0.16 (0.09–0.24) | 0.51 (0.21–1.43) | |||||||
CC | 0.19 (0.10–0.46) | 0.512 | 0.481 | 0.14 (0.08–0.2) | 0.161 | 0.059 | 0.72 (0.33–1.45) | 0.189 | 0.117 | |
CA | 0.18 (0.12–0.34) | 0.16 (0.1–0.23) | 0.53 (0.20–1.48) | |||||||
AA | 0.18 (0.10–0.33) | 0.14 (0.09–0.24) | 0.40 (0.18–0.90) | |||||||
CA+AA | 0.18 (0.11–0.34) | 0.15 (0.1–0.23) | 0.48 (0.20–1.44) | |||||||
GG | 0.18 (0.09–0.34) | 0.057 | 0.151 | 0.14 (0.08–0.2) | 0.081 | 0.44 (0.26–1.43) | 0.400 | 0.978 | ||
GA | 0.18 (0.11–0.34) | 0.14 (0.09–0.22) | AA |
0.50 (0.18–1.16) | ||||||
AA | 0.21 (0.13–0.39) | 0.18 (0.11–0.26) | 0.65 (0.27–1.80) | |||||||
GA+AA | 0.19 (0.11–0.37) | 0.15 (0.1–0.23) | 0.52 (0.22–1.44) | |||||||
TT | 0.19 (0.12–0.36) | 0.272 | 0.144 | 0.16 (0.1–0.23) | 0.096 | 0.52 (0.21–1.15) | 0.381 | 0.672 | ||
TC | 0.18 (0.10–0.33) | 0.14 (0.08–0.21) | 0.64 (0.25–1.67) | |||||||
CC | 0.17 (0.07–0.36) | 0.15 (0.07–0.3) | 0.24 (0.07–1.18) | |||||||
TC+CC | 0.18 (0.09–0.34) | 0.14 (0.08–0.21) | 0.46 (0.24–1.53) | |||||||
TT | 0.18 (0.11–0.34) | 0.403 | 0.419 | 0.14 (0.09–0.2) | 0.424 | 0.288 | 0.35 (0.17–1.05) | 0.079 | 0.080 | |
TC | 0.18 (0.11–0.33) | 0.15 (0.09–0.22) | 0.51 (0.21–1.23) | |||||||
CC | 0.20 (0.11–0.45) | 0.16 (0.09–0.25) | 0.72 (0.38–1.48) | |||||||
TC+CC | 0.19 (0.11–0.37) | 0.15 (0.09–0.23) | 0.64 (0.26–1.45) |
Association of CALB2 haplotypes with malignant mesothelioma (MM) susceptibility and serum calretinin concentration
CCC | 0.457 | 0.431 | Reference | Reference | |||
TCC | 0.245 | 0.294 | 1.26 (0.0–991.60) | 0.061 | 1.26 (0.97–1.64) | 0.084 | 0.272 |
CCT | 0.176 | 0.147 | 0.88 (0.65–1.20) | 0.415 | 0.94 (0.66–1.34) | 0.731 | 0.125 |
CAT | 0.058 | 0.066 | 1.21 (0.77–1.89) | 0.408 | 1.08 (0.64–1.81) | 0.782 | 0.731 |
CAC | 0.045 | 0.047 | 1.11 (0.64–1.91) | 0.713 | 0.99 (0.55–1.79) | 0.974 | 0.852 |
Genotype frequencies of investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the whole study group, their variant allele frequency (VAF) and agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in subjects without any asbestos-related disease (controls)
rs1862818 | c.-828C>T | May influence transcription factor binding, may alter chromatin states and regulatory motifs | CC | 479 (53.0) | 0.27 | 0.617 | |
CT | 346 (38.3) | ||||||
TT | 79 (8.7) | ||||||
rs889704 | c.-634C>A | May influence transcription factor binding, may alter chromatin states and regulatory motifs | CC | 708 (78.4) [1] | 0.14 | 0.814 | |
CA | 182 (20.2) | ||||||
AA | 13 (1.4) | ||||||
rs8063760 | c.*138T>C | May influence miRNA binding, may alter regulatory motifs | CC | 527 (58.4) [2] | 0.23 | 0.322 | |
CT | 319 (35.4) | ||||||
TT | 56 (6.2) | ||||||
rs2075995 | c.678C>A, p.Gln226His | Nonsynonymous, may influence splicing | CC | 187 (20.7) | 0.61 | 0.209 | |
CA | 468 (51.8) | ||||||
AA | 249 (27.5) | ||||||
rs3807348 | g.130496266G>A | Downstream transcript variant, may influence transcription factor binding | GG | 228 (25.3) [3] | 0.49 | 0.376 | |
GA | 446 (49.5) | ||||||
AA | 227 (25.2) | ||||||
rs13241028 | c.*1321T>C | May influence miRNA binding | TT | 547 (60.5) | 0.22 | 0.061 | |
TC | 313 (34.6) | ||||||
CC | 44 (4.9) | ||||||
rs3801339 | c.1168-4451T>C | Genic downstream transcript variant |
TT | 164 (18.1) | 0.63 | 0.187 | |
TC | 401 (44.4) | ||||||
CC | 339 (37.5) |