Association of WDR79 (rs2287497C>T) Poly-morphism with Breast Cancer Susceptibility in Northwest of Iran

The WDR79 gene encodes an antisense RNA which it is essential for stabilization and in-duction of p53 gene. WDR79 gene Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with cancer risk. This study was done to assess the association of WDR79 (rs2287497C>T) gene polymorphism with the risk and prognosis of breast cancer in women’s of northwest Iran.

In this case-control study, the association of WDR79 (rs2287497C>T) gene pol-ymorphism with breast cancer susceptibility was studied in a statistical population consisting of 100 pa-tients and 100 healthy controls aged 19-76 years old by Tetra ARMS-PCR. Statistical analysis was per-formed using javastat online statistics package and SPSS V.26.

In the case group, the frequency of CC, TT, and TC genotypes were 76, 21, 3 percent respective-ly and they were 80, 18, and 2 percent for the control group. Also, C and T allele frequency in case group, was 86.5 and 13.5 percent and those in the control group were 89 and 11 percent respectively. Statistical analysis showed non-significant association between genotype and allele frequency and breast cancer. Also our results showed significant association between age and tumor size of patients with breast cancer in Northwestern Iran.

These research findings suggest that WDR79 (rs2287497C>T) polymorphism of rs2287497C/T is not related to the risk of breast cancer. There was significant relationship between this SNP polymorphism and pathological characteristic including age and tumor size.