Review Article
Regulatory Variants and Disease: The E-Cadherin −160C/A SNP as an Example
Table 1
Association of E-cadherin −160C/A SNP and diseases.
| Disease | Case/control | Ethnicity | Positive association | No association |
| Gastric cancer | 505/246 | Italian | [44] | | 239/343 | Chinese | [59] | | 387/392 | Chinese | [69] | | 107/134 | Chinese | [57] | | 201/196 | Chinese | [70] | | 245/950 | European | [71] | | 39/78 | Mexican | [72] | | 153/303 | Japanese | [73] | | 106/90 | Japanese | [46] | | 53/70 | Italian | [74] | | 192/170 | Omani | [75] | | 412/408 | Italian | | [76] | 572/589 | Chinese | | [68] | 206/261 | Chinese | | [77] | 292/146 | Korean | | [78] | 433/466 | Canadian, German, Portuguese | | [79] |
| Prostate cancer | 82/188 | Dutch | [52] | | 1036/669 | Swedish | [80] | | 183/168 | Slovenian | [81] | | 200/159 | Japanese | [82] | | 236/209 | Japanese | [83] | | 801/1636 | Swedish | [84] | | 86/126 | Caucasian |
[9] | | 49/117 | African American | 219/102 | European American | [85] | | 119/112 | African American | |
[85] | 89/123 | Jamaicans | 98/0 | Caucasian | | [86] | 219/219 | Japanese | | [54] |
| Bladder/urothelial cancer | 50/50 | Chinese | [8] | | 180/100 | Chinese | [53] | | 314/314 | Japanese | [54] | | 197/344 | Dutch | [55] | | 302/0 | Caucasian, African American, Hispanic | [56] | |
| Colorectal cancer | 194/220 | German | [87] | | 5679/5412 | British | [88] | | 130/130 | Brazilian | [58] | | 505/246 | Italian | [44] | | 334/171 | British | | [89] |
| Pancreatic cancer | | Chinese | [90] | |
| Nasopharyngeal cancer | 302/140 | Tunisian | [60] | |
| Ovarian cancer | 207/256 | Chinese | [91] | |
| Renal cancer | 526/514 | Polish | | [92] |
| Lung cancer | 95/85 | Chinese | [93] | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 131/347 | Chinese | [94] | | 93/0 | Chinese | | [95] |
| Benign diseases |
| Endometriosis | 505/246 | Italian | [44] | | 715/370 | Indian | [47] | | 511/498 | Japanese | | [61] | 152/189 | Chinese | | [96] |
| Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (NSOC) | 140/107 | Chinese | [97] | |
| Asthma | 299/383 | Asian | [63] | |
| Nephrolithiasis | 127/152 | Chinese | [64] | |
| PI-IBS | 228/581 | Caucasians | [65] | |
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