Moreover, when the eligible studies were stratified according to source</span>s of control, significant association between 894G > T polymorphism and susceptibility of PCa was also identified under codominant (OR = 1.12, 95 % CI = 1.01-1.24, P = 0.03) and overdominant (OR = 1.13, 95 % CI = 1.02-1.25, P = 0.02) models when using healthy individuals as control.
This meta-analysis indicated that the eNOS T-786C polymorphism is associated with elevated cancer risk; the G894T polymorphism contributes to susceptibility to breast cancer and cancer generally in females; and the 4a/b polymorphism may be associated with prostate cancer risk.
Our analysis suggested that rs1799983 was associated with prostate cancer risk in overall population under dominant model (OR = 1.15, 95%CI = 1.01-1.30, P = 0.03) and allelic model (OR = 1.11, 95%CI = 1.00-1.22, P = 0.04).
These results suggest that prostate cancer development is not associated with the Glu298Asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene in our population.
This study aimed to evaluate the association of NOS3 gene polymorphisms (-786T>C, -764A>G, -714G>T, -690C>T, -649G>A and 894G>T) with PCa risk and progression.
We evaluated the association of prostate cancer with genetic polymorphisms in two genes related to intracellular NO: NOS2A [inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS); -2892T>C, Ex16 + 14C>T (S608L), IVS16 + 88T>G and IVS20 + 524G>A] and NOS3 [endothelial NOS; IVS1-762C>T, Ex7-43C>T (D258D), IVS7-26A>G, Ex8-63G>T (E298D) and IVS15-62G>T].
The GG and GT Glu-298-Asp genotypes were associated with positive DD3 expression in the peripheral blood, presenting a 3.32-fold higher risk of PCa occurrence.