| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chemokine and chemokine receptors play an essential role in tumorigenesis. Although chemokine-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with various cancers, their impact on prostate cancer (PCA) among men of African descent is unknown. Consequently, this study evaluated 43 chemokine-associated SNPs in relation to PCA risk. We hypothesized inheritance of variant chemokine-associated alleles may lead to alterations in PCA susceptibility, presumably due to variations in antitumor immune responses.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Sequence variants were evaluated in germ-line DNA samples from 814 African-American and Jamaican men (279 PCA cases and 535 controls) using Illumina’s Goldengate genotyping system.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Inheritance of <it>CCL5</it> rs2107538 (AA, GA+AA) and rs3817655 (AA, AG, AG+AA) genotypes were linked with a 34-48% reduction in PCA risk. Additionally, the recessive and dominant models for <it>CCR5</it> rs1799988 and <it>CCR7</it> rs3136685 were associated with a 1.52-1.73 fold increase in PCA risk. Upon stratification, only <it>CCL5</it> rs3817655 and <it>CCR7</it> rs3136685 remained significant for the Jamaican and U.S. subgroups, respectively.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>In summary, <it>CCL5</it> (rs2107538, rs3817655) and <it>CCR5</it> (rs1799988) sequence variants significantly modified PCA susceptibility among men of African descent, even after adjusting for age and multiple comparisons. Our findings are only suggestive and require further evaluation and validation in relation to prostate cancer risk and ultimately disease progression, biochemical/disease recurrence and mortality in larger high-risk subgroups. Such efforts will help to identify genetic markers capable of explaining disproportionately high prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and morbidity rates among men of African descent.</p>
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