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Polymorphisms in genes involved in folate metabolism may influence DNA methylation, nucleotide synthesis, and thus individual susceptibility to cancer. Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is a key enzyme that participates in folate metabolism and catalyzes the conversion of dUMP to dTMP in the process of DNA synthesis. Two potentially functional polymorphisms [a 28-bp tandem repeat in the <jats:italic>TYMS<\/jats:italic> 5'-untranslated enhanced region (<jats:italic>TSER<\/jats:italic>) and a 6-bp deletion\/insertion in the <jats:italic>TYMS<\/jats:italic> 3'-untranslated region (<jats:italic>TS 3'-UTR<\/jats:italic>)] were suggested to be correlated with alteration of thymidylate synthase expression and associated with cancer risk.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>To test the hypothesis that polymorphisms of the <jats:italic>TYMS<\/jats:italic> gene are associated with risk of breast cancer, we genotyped these two polymorphisms in a case-control study of 432 incident cases with invasive breast cancer and 473 cancer-free controls in a Chinese population.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We found that the distribution of <jats:italic>TS3'-UTR<\/jats:italic> (1494del6) genotype frequencies were significantly different between the cases and controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.026). Compared with the <jats:italic>TS3'-UTR del6\/del6<\/jats:italic> wild-type genotype, a significantly reduced risk was associated with the <jats:italic>ins6\/ins6<\/jats:italic> homozygous variant genotype (adjusted OR = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.35\u20130.97) but not the <jats:italic>del6\/ins6<\/jats:italic> genotype (OR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.82\u20131.46). Furthermore, breast cancer risks associated with the <jats:italic>TS3'-UTR del6\/del6<\/jats:italic> genotype were more evident in older women, postmenopausal subjects, individuals with a younger age at first-live birth and individuals with an older age at menarche. However, there was no evidence for an association between the <jats:italic>TSER<\/jats:italic> polymorphism and breast cancer risks.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>These findings suggest that the <jats:italic>TS3'-UTR del6<\/jats:italic> polymorphism may play a role in the etiology of breast cancer. Further larger population-based studies as well as functional evaluation of the variants are warranted to confirm our findings.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2407-6-138","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,5,25]],"date-time":"2006-05-25T06:49:26Z","timestamp":1148539766000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase gene and susceptibility to breast cancer in a Chinese population: a case-control analysis"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Xiangjun","family":"Zhai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhibin","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinhai","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianwei","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shui","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuechen","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guangfu","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiyong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenshen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinru","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qingyi","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongbing","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"490_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"243","DOI":"10.1158\/1055-9965.EPI-04-0680","volume":"14","author":"L Yang","year":"2005","unstructured":"Yang L, Parkin DM, Ferlay J, Li L, Chen Y: Estimates of Cancer Incidence in China for 2000 and Projections for 2005. 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