MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS, cilt.38, sa.5, ss.3481-3486, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, we aimed to investigate a possible association of the COX-2 polymorphisms (-765G -> C and -1195A -> G) and with the risk of developing epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC). COX-2 gene polymorphisms was investigated in 111 healthy women and 57 patients with EOC. Individuals who had -765 CG, -1195 AA genotype, and -765 C allele had increased risk for ovarian carcinoma (P < 0.01) and individuals with -765 GG, -1195 AG genotypes and -1195 G allele seem to be protected from ovarian carcinoma (P < 0.01). Haplotype analysis confirmed the association of COX-2 gene variants with ovarian carcinoma and revealed that the frequencies of -765C: -1195A haplotype frequencies was significantly higher in patients as compared with those of controls (P = 0.048). We state that there appears to be a modulating role for the COX-2 -1195A -> G and -765G -> C polymorphisms in the development of EOC. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to show such an association.