Gene Polymorphisms of Toll-Like Receptor 9 −1486T/C and 2848G/A in Cervical Cancer Risk
ObjectiveThis work aims to explore whether Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) −1486T/C and 2848G/A polymorphisms are associated with cervical cancer risk.MethodsA comprehensive electronic search of studies published from January 1999 to October 2014 was conducted in Medline (Ovid), Embase, PubMed, Wanfang, Weipu, and CNKI. The algorithm included “TLR,” “Toll-like receptor,” “polymorphism,” “variant,” “mutation,” and “cervical cancer.” Seven articles, including 9 studies, were pooled using Revman 5.2 (Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark). Odds ratio (OR) was used to explore the involvement of minor allele C (C vs T and CC + CT vs TT) of TLR9 (−1486T/C, rs187084) and minor allele A (A vs G and AA + AG vs GG) of TLR9 (2848G/A, rs352140) in cervical cancer risk.ResultsToll-like receptor 9 (−1486T/C, rs187084) polymorphisms were associated with an elevated risk of cervical cancer (C vs T: OR, 1.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03–1.29; CC + CT vs TT: OR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.11–1.53). We found no significant association between TLR9 (2848G/A, rs352140) polymorphisms and cervical cancer risk (A vs G: OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.87–1.54; AA + AG vs GG: OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 0.75–2.17).ConclusionsThis meta-analysis indicates that TLR9 (−1486T/C, rs187084)—but not TLR9 (2848G/A, rs352140)—may be a risk factor for cervical cancer.