| Abstract: | Polymorphisms in chemokine receptors play an important role in the progression of
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) to cervical cancer (CC). Our study examined
the association of CCR2-64I (rs1799864) andCCR5-Δ32
(rs333) polymorphisms with susceptibility to develop cervical lesion (CIN and CC) in
a Brazilian population. The genotyping of 139 women with cervical lesions and 151
women without cervical lesions for the CCR2-64I and
CCR5-Δ32 polymorphisms were performed using polymerase chain
reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The individuals carrying
heterozygous or homozygous genotypes (GA+AA) for CCR2-64I
polymorphisms seem to be at lower risk for cervical lesion odds ratio (OR) = 0.37, p
= 0.0008)]. The same was observed for the A allele (OR = 0.39, p = 0.0002), while no
association was detected (p > 0.05) with CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism.
Regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) type, patients carrying the
CCR2-64Ipolymorphism were protected against infection by HPV type
16 (OR = 0.35, p = 0.0184). In summary, our study showed a protective effect
ofCCR2-64I rs1799864 polymorphism against the development of
cervical lesions (CIN and CC) and in the susceptibility of HPV 16 infection. |
