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.

DiseaseCase/controlEthnicityPositive associationNo association

Gastric cancer505/246Italian[44]
239/343Chinese[59]
387/392Chinese[69]
107/134Chinese[57]
201/196Chinese[70]
245/950European[71]
39/78Mexican[72]
153/303Japanese[73]
106/90Japanese[46]
53/70Italian[74]
192/170Omani[75]
412/408Italian[76]
572/589Chinese[68]
206/261Chinese[77]
292/146Korean[78]
433/466Canadian, German, Portuguese[79]

Prostate cancer82/188Dutch[52]
1036/669Swedish[80]
183/168Slovenian[81]
200/159Japanese[82]
236/209Japanese[83]
801/1636Swedish[84]
86/126Caucasian [9]
49/117African American
219/102European American[85]  
119/112African American [85]
89/123Jamaicans
98/0Caucasian[86]
219/219Japanese [54]

Bladder/urothelial cancer50/50Chinese[8]
180/100Chinese[53]
314/314Japanese[54]
197/344Dutch[55]
302/0Caucasian, African American, Hispanic[56]

Colorectal cancer194/220German[87]
5679/5412British[88]
130/130Brazilian[58]
505/246Italian[44]
334/171British[89]

Pancreatic cancerChinese[90]

Nasopharyngeal cancer302/140Tunisian[60]

Ovarian cancer207/256Chinese[91]

Renal cancer526/514Polish[92]

Lung cancer95/85Chinese[93]

Hepatocellular carcinoma131/347Chinese[94]
93/0Chinese[95]

Benign diseases

Endometriosis505/246Italian[44]
715/370Indian[47]
511/498Japanese[61]
152/189Chinese[96]

Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (NSOC)140/107Chinese[97]

Asthma299/383Asian[63]

Nephrolithiasis127/152Chinese[64]

PI-IBS228/581Caucasians[65]