Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Tomio Arai

Publications

• Research Article
  Association of Macrophage Capping Protein (CAPG) Arg335His Polymorphism and Cancer Susceptibility in the Elderly Japanese
  Author(s): Sariya Dechamethakun, Noriko Sato, Shinobu Ikeda, Motoji Sawabe, Seijiro Mori, Yoshiji Yamada, Masashi Tanaka, Masaaki Muramatsu and Tomio AraiSariya Dechamethakun, Noriko Sato, Shinobu Ikeda, Motoji Sawabe, Seijiro Mori, Yoshiji Yamada, Masashi Tanaka, Masaaki Muramatsu and Tomio Arai
  
  Background: Macrophage capping protein (CAPG), an actin filament end-capping protein, plays an important role in regulation of cellular motility and structural rearrangement within cells and has been implicated with development of various types of cancer. Recent study demonstrated that a CAPG variant was associated with a rare fallopian tube tumor, albeit with a small sample size. The present study aimed to determine the association of CAPG variants with cancer susceptibility. Methods: Four non-synonymous single nucleotide variations (NSVs), rs2229668 (p.V41I), rs117284777 (p.K227R), rs200233412 (p.A229T) and rs6886 (p.R335H), in CAPG were retrieved from genotyping, by an exome-chip, in 2,317 consecutive autopsy cases (1,284 men and 1,033 women, mean age 80.7 years), in which the presence or absence of cancer was verified pathologically. The.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000417

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