Avcı, NilüferTüre, MehmetDeligönül, AdemÇubukçu, ErdemÖlmez, Ömer FatihŞahintürk, SerdarTopak, AliKurt, EnderEvrensel, TürkanŞahin, Ahmet BilgehanYakut, Tahsin10.07.20192019-07-1010.07.20192019-07-102015Avcı, N., Türe, M., Deligönül, A., Çubukçu, E., Ölmez, Ö. F., Şahintürk, S. ... Yakut, T. (2015). Association and prognostic significance of the functional-1562C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of MMP-9 in Turkish patients with gastric cancer. Pathology & Oncology Reserach, 21(4), 1243-1247. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12253-015-9950-71219-49561532-2807https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12253-015-9950-7https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/3630WOS: 000360385400050PubMed ID: 26156886Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of zinc-dependent peptidases that participate in matrix turnover in solid malignancies. The aim of this study was twofold. First, we sought to investigate under a case-control design the association between the functional -1562C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of MMP-9 and gastric cancer (GC) in a Turkish sample. Second, we examined its prognostic significance in GC patients. A total of 144 subjects were enrolled in the case-control study (79 GC cases and 65 controls). Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) served as the main outcome measures in the longitudinal study. The MMP-9 -1562C/T polymorphism was genotyped using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. The odds ratio (OR) of GC for the CC genotype relative to the CT+TT genotypes was not significant (OR = 0.89, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 0.44-1.82, P = 0.75). These results did not change after allowance for age and sex in multivariable regression analysis (OR = 0.81, 95 % CI = 0.40-1.94, P = 0.84). When the MMP-9 -1562C/T polymorphism was analyzed among GC patients in relation to OS and PFS, we found no significant differences between subjects with the CC and CT+TT genotypes. In conclusion, the results of our study did not point toward a major role of the MMP-9 -1562C/T polymorphism in the pathogenesis and clinical course of GC in Turkish subjects.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessGastric CancerMatrix MetalloproteinasesPolymorphismAssociation StudyPrognosisArticle2141243124710.1007/s12253-015-9950-7Q2Q2