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. 2012 Dec 14;7(12):e51680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051680

Table 2. Association of the whole pathway, sub-pathways, and genes of innate immunity and inflammation with advanced prostate cancer risk.

SNP set SNP count P-value
Overall African American Caucasian
Inflammation and innate immunity 320 0.02 0.29 0.01
• Cytokine signaling (26 genes) 179 0.44 0.33 0.57
 IL10 8 0.34 0.42 0.47
 IL12RB2 11 0.75 0.89 0.61
 IL6R 1 a a a
 IL18R1 16 0.11 0.09 0.31
 IL1B 4 0.53 0.58 0.59
 IL1RN 7 0.42 0.50 0.51
 IL12A 4 0.12 0.66 0.13
 TGFBR2 33 0.75 0.22 0.78
 IL2 5 0.81 0.41 0.63
 IL8 4 0.18 1 0.17
 IL12B 6 0.45 0.59 0.46
 IL13 4 0.84 0.11 0.95
 IL4 4 0.41 0.23 0.60
 IL5 1 a a a
 IFNGR1 5 0.006 0.16 0.009
 IL17 8 0.41 0.56 0.21
 TNF/LTA 11 0.72 0.44 0.92
 TGFBR1 6 0.49 0.40 0.52
 IL18 8 0.048 0.07 0.08
 IFNG 6 0.19 0.20 0.40
 IL23A 1 a a a
 IL12RB1 5 0.57 0.45 0.41
 MIC1 6 0.94 0.10 0.51
 TGFB1 4 0.22 0.08 0.68
 IFNGR2 9 0.72 0.86 0.78
 MIF 2 0.36 1 0.23
• Eicosanoid signaling (1 gene: COX2) 9 0.04 0.07 0.09
• Extracellular pattern recognition (8 genes) 56 0.02 0.12 0.01
 TLR5 7 0.49 0.69 0.48
 TLR1 7 0.002 0.09 0.004
 TLR10 7 0.18 0.35 0.07
 TLR2 8 0.63 0.28 0.37
 TLR3 1 a a a
 TLR6 5 0.04 0.04 0.04
 MSR1 16 0.37 0.09 0.36
 TLR4 5 0.11 0.05 0.19
• Intracellular antiviral molecules (4 genes) 40 0.02 0.71 0.01
 RNASEL 7 0.31 0.24 0.43
 EIF2AK2 11 0.79 0.41 0.44
 OAS1 5 0.015 0.92 0.01
 OAS2 17 0.019 0.79 0.01
• NFKBb signaling (5 genes) 27 0.32 0.04 0.48
 NFKB1 10 0.70 0.49 0.58
 IKBKB 7 0.18 0.46 0.13
 CHUK 6 0.14 0.07 0.28
 RELA 2 0.16 0.04 0.51
 NFKBIA 2 0.67 0.24 0.72
• Selenoproteins (2 genes) 9 0.67 0.93 0.44
 SEP15 5 0.37 0.74 0.21
 SELS 4 0.95 0.86 0.94
a

Genes with one SNP;

b

NFKB: nuclear kappa-light chain-enhancer or activated B cell.