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. 2022 Sep 6;25(2):184–191. doi: 10.4103/aja202255

Table 2.

Genetic association between circadian genes polymorphisms and prostate cancer

Circadian gene SNP PCa risk Reference
NPAS2 rs895521, rs1369481, rs2305160 Decreased 97,98,102
rs17024926 Increased
rs6542993 Increased risk of PCa progression
BMAL1 rs7950226 Increased 98,101
rs142435152 Associated
CLOCK rs11133373 Decreased in heterozygous variant 98
CRY1 rs12315175, rs10778534 Increased 98100
rs7297614, rs1921126 Associated with fatal PCa
CRY2 rs2292912 Decreased in heterozygous variant 97,98
rs1401417 Increased
PER1 rs885747 Decreased in heterozygous variant 98
rs2289591 Increased in heterozygous variant
PER2 rs7602358 Decreased in heterozygous variant 98
PER3 rs1012477 Decreased in heterozygous variant 98,100
rs228697 Decreased
RORA rs17191414 Associated 101

PCa: prostate cancer; SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism; NPAS2: neuronal per-arnt-sim (PAS) domain-containing protein 2; BMAL1: aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator-like protein 1 (ARNTL, also identified in brain and muscle as Arnt-like protein-1); CLOCK: circadian locomotor output cycles kaput; CRY1: cryptochrome 1; CRY2: cryptochrome 2; PER1: period circadian protein 1; PER2: period circadian protein 2; PER3: period circadian protein 3; RORA: retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-related orphan receptor A