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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Almanac of Clinical Medicine</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Almanac of Clinical Medicine</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Альманах клинической медицины</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2072-0505</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2587-9294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16728</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18786/2072-0505-2023-51-041</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Association of <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene rs2010963 polymorphism with cervical cancer and its progression</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Связь полиморфизма rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFА</italic> с развитием и прогрессированием рака шейки матки</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7781-6833</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rogalev</surname><given-names>Artem V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рогалев</surname><given-names>Артем Валериевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair of Oncology and Radiology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук, доцент, доцент кафедры онкологии и радиологии</p></bio><email>dr.onc.art@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7987-4091</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kishenya</surname><given-names>Maria S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кишеня</surname><given-names>Мария Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Department of Molecular Genetic Testing, Central Scientific Research Laboratory</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук, ст. науч. сотр., начальник отдела молекулярно-генетических исследований Центральной научно-исследовательской лаборатории</p></bio><email>maria.kishenya@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pishchulina</surname><given-names>Svetlana V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пищулина</surname><given-names>Светлана Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor, Chair of Pathophysiology named after N.N. Trankvilitati</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук, ст. науч. сотр., доцент кафедры патологической физиологии им. проф. Н.Н. Транквилитати</p></bio><email>svetlana-pishulina@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-0304</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Khomutov</surname><given-names>Evgeniy V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хомутов</surname><given-names>Евгений Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD (in Chem.), Head of Central Scientific Research Laboratory</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. хим. наук, заведующий Центральной научно-исследовательской лабораторией</p></bio><email>cnil@dnmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">M. Gorky Donetsk State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО «Донецкий государственный медицинский университет имени М. Горького» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2023-12-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-09" publication-format="electronic"><day>09</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>51</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>315</fpage><lpage>322</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-10-19"><day>19</day><month>10</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-11-27"><day>27</day><month>11</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Rogalev A.V., Kishenya M.S., Pishchulina S.V., Khomutov E.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Рогалев А.В., Кишеня М.С., Пищулина С.В., Хомутов Е.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Rogalev A.V., Kishenya M.S., Pishchulina S.V., Khomutov E.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Рогалев А.В., Кишеня М.С., Пищулина С.В., Хомутов Е.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://almclinmed.ru/jour/article/view/16728">https://almclinmed.ru/jour/article/view/16728</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background</bold>: Cervical cancer is the most common type of female genital malignancies. In Russia, its incidence is 17 to 19 cases per 100,000 of female population. Cervical cancer is characterized by high activity, rapid development of radio/chemoresistance and unfavorable prognosis. To assess the risk of recurrence, metastasis and choice of the optimal treatment strategy, factors related to the disease progression are under study. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression is related to tumor angiogenesis and poor outcome in various cancer types, including cervical cancer.</p> <p><bold>Aim</bold>: To study an association between the rs2010963 polymorphism of the <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene and risk of development and progression of cervical cancer.</p> <p><bold>Materials and methods</bold>: This case-control study included 120 women (aged 49 [42; 65] years) with cervical cancer stage I-II and 112 women without cervical or other types of cancer. Based on the results of histological examination, two subgroups were formed: the one with tumor emboli (TE+) in the tumor vasculature and surrounding tissues (n = 41, 34.17%) and the other without tumor emboli (TE-) (n = 79, 65.83%). The polymorphic DNA loci of the rs2010963 <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene were analyzed by real time polymerase chain reaction.</p> <p><bold>Results</bold>: In the patients, cervical cancer has associated with the <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene allelic polymorphism rs2010963 (χ<sup>2</sup> = 5.47; p = 0.021). The minor C allele increased risk of cervical cancer by 1.6-fold (odds ratio (OR) 1.58, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08-2.31), and the ancestral G allele reduced the cervical cancer probability (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.43-0.93). The genotypes distribution in the dominant model (GG and GC + CC) confirmed the association of the rs2010963 <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene polymorphism with cervical cancer (χ<sup>2</sup> = 4.73; p = 0.031), specifically, if there was a minor C allele in the genotype (GC + CC). We found that the association of the rs2010963 <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene polymorphism with TE in the tumor vessels and surrounding tissues was a predictor of unfavorable progression and metastasis of cervical cancer (χ<sup>2</sup> = 3.94; p = 0.049). The minor C allele increased the risk of TE by 1.7-fold (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.004-2.98), whereas the ancestral G allele reduced this chance (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.34-0.996).</p> <p><bold>Conclusion</bold>: The C allele of the rs2010963 polymorphism of the <italic>VEGFA</italic> gene is a risk factor for cervical cancer, as well as a risk factor for the development of tumor emboli.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Актуальность</bold>. Рак шейки матки (РШМ) – наиболее распространенная форма злокачественных новообразований женской половой системы. В России заболеваемость РШМ составляет 17–19 случаев на 100 тыс. женского населения. РШМ характеризуется высокой активностью, быстрым формированием радио-/химиорезистентности, и сопровождается неблагоприятным прогнозом. Для оценки риска рецидива, метастазирования и для определения оптимальной тактики лечения РШМ изучаются факторы, связанные с прогрессированием заболевания. Повышенная экспрессия фактора роста эндотелия сосудов (VEGF) связана со степенью опухолевого ангиогенеза и с неблагоприятным прогнозом при различных видах рака, включая РШМ.</p> <p><bold>Цель</bold> – изучить связь полиморфизма rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFА</italic> с риском развития и прогрессирования РШМ.</p> <p><bold>Материал и методы</bold>. В исследование «случай – контроль» включены 120 пациенток (возраст 49 [42; 65] лет) с установленным РШМ I–II стадии и 112 женщин без РШМ, а также других онкологических заболеваний. По результатам патогистологического исследования были сформированы две подгруппы: с наличием опухолевых эмболов (ОЭ+) в сосудах опухоли и перитуморозной ткани (41 пациентка; 34,17%) и без опухолевых эмболов (ОЭ-) (79 пациенток; 65,83%). Анализ полиморфных ДНК-локусов rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFA</italic> проводили с помощью полимеразной цепной реакции в реальном времени.</p> <p><bold>Результаты</bold>. У пациенток с РШМ с развитием заболевания был связан аллельный полиморфизм (χ<sup>2</sup> = 5,47; p = 0,021) rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFA</italic>. Минорная аллель С увеличивала шансы развития РШМ в 1,6 раза (отношение шансов (ОШ) 1,58, 95% доверительный интервал (ДИ) 1,08–2,31), а предковая аллель G уменьшала шансы развития заболевания (ОШ 0,63, 95% ДИ 0,43–0,93). Распределение генотипов в доминантной модели (GG и GС + СС), а именно условие наличия в генотипе минорной аллели С (GС + СС), подтверждало наличие ассоциации rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFА</italic> с РШМ (χ<sup>2</sup> = 4,73; p = 0,031). Установлена связь аллельного полиморфизма rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFА</italic> с развитием РШМ с наличием ОЭ в сосудах опухоли и окружающих ее тканях (χ<sup>2</sup> = 3,94; р = 0,049) как неблагоприятного фактора прогрессирования и метастазирования РШМ. Минорная аллель С увеличивала шансы развития ОЭ в 1,7 раза (ОШ 1,72, 95% ДИ 1,004–2,98), тогда как предковая аллель G эти шансы снижала (ОШ 0,58, 95% ДИ 0,34–0,996).</p> <p><bold>Заключение</bold>. Аллель С полиморфизма rs2010963 гена <italic>VEGFА</italic> – фактор риска развития РШМ, а также фактор риска появления опухолевых эмболов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>cervical cancer</kwd><kwd>tumor emboli</kwd><kwd>polymorphism</kwd><kwd>VEGFA gene</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рак шейки матки</kwd><kwd>опухолевые эмболы</kwd><kwd>полиморфизм</kwd><kwd>ген VEGFА</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Правительство РФ</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The Government of RF</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>№ НИОКТР ZUNO–2023–0001</award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. 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