ABSTRACT
Objective Previous study found TGF-βpathway might be the molecular pathway influencing the prognosis of colo-rectal cancer, while it was uncertain whether Chinese population is associated with the disease.The article was to evaluate the genetic factors associated with prognosis in colorectal cancer. Methods 52 cases patients with colorectal cancer were followed-up for 36 months in our hospitals from January 2013 to August 2014.Their DNAs were extracted and stored and gene typing were carried out in 5 candidate genes to detect the association between SNPs and the prognosis in colorectal cancer. Results The results showed that within the TGF-βsignaling pathway, after adjusting for Bonferroni multiple testing, allele A of SNP rs10749971 located in gene POU2AF1 was associated with the recurrence of patients with stage III disease under additive and recessive genetic models ( HR =1.968, P=0.004;HR=2.174, P=0.010).Allele C of SNP rs961253 in the gene BMP2 could increase the recurrence risk (HR=1.992, P=0.005) and the death risk (HR=3.161, P=0.007) of patients with stage III disease under recessive genetic models.Allele A of SNP rs4464148 in SMAD7 gene could significantly decrease the death risk of patients with stage II and III colorectal cancer under dominant genetic model (HR=0.382, P=0.017;HR=0.230, P=0.006).In addition, accumulated effects of several adverse genes showed gene high risk group could increase the risk of death for patients with stage III colorectal cancer significantly ( HR=15.512, P=0.036;95%CI:1.611-149.360). Conclusion In different genetic models, SNP locus mutation within gene POU2AF1, BMP2 and SMAD7 on TGF-βpathway was associated with the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer.With the increase of the number of unfavorable genes, the death risk increases accordingly.