Thus, the present study explored the association between five common functional polymorphisms in miRNAs (i.e., miRNA-196a2C>T, rs11614913; miRNA-146aG>C, rs2910164; miRNA-423C>A, rs6505162; miRNA-608G>C, rs4919510; miRNA-27aC>T, rs895819) and the risk of BC.
In contrast, the miR-499 (rs3746444) AG/GG genotypes were associated with an increased risk of BC (OR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.10-1.91), and miR-608 (rs4919510) was not significantly associated with BC risk.
In the first set, although rs4919510:C>G was unrelated to breast cancer in general patients, variant genotypes (CG/GG) were specifically associated with increased risk of HER2-positive subtype (Adjusted OR = 1.97, 95% CI, 1.34-2.90 in the recessive model).