ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the genetic association between Polymorphism of heat shock protein(HSP)70-hom gene+2437T/C and susceptibility to breast cancer in the Han descent population of Shaanxi Province.Methods 136 patients with breast cancer and 150 healthy controls without breast cancer were recruited to participate in the study.Genotype was determined by Polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis for the polymorphism of the HSP70-hom gene +2437T/C.Results The distribution of HSP70-hom genotypes and allelotypes had significant difference between the patients with breast cancer and healthy controls(χ2=7.282,P=0.026;χ2=6.586,P=0.010).Stratified by immunohistochemistry, the distribution of HSP70-hom genotypes types had significant difference between the patients with triple negative breast cancer(TNBC)and healthy controls(χ2=9.047,P=0.003).However,there was no significant difference of the distribu-tion of HSP70-hom genotypes between the patients with non-TNBC and healthy controls(χ2=2.575,P=0.109).Conclu-sion For Han descent population of Shaanxi Province,polymorphism of the HSP70-hom gene +2437T/C may associate with the risk of breast cancer,especially for TNBC.