Children with ALL (n = 96) were screened for GCPII C1561T, RFC1 G80A, cSHMT C1420T, TYMS 5´-UTR 2R3R, TYMS 3´-UTR ins6/del6, MTHFR C677T, MTR A2756G polymorphisms using PCR-RFLP and PCR-amplified fragment length polymorphism techniques.
Polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase (TS) 28-bp tandem repeats in the promoter region and in cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT1 C1420T) have been reported to modulate the risk of adult acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
Polymorphisms in methionine synthase (MS A2756G), cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT1 C1420T), and a double (2R2R) or triple (3R3R) 28-bp tandem repeat in the promoter region of thymidylate synthase (TS) were studied and found to modulate ALL risk.