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 |
Genes with one SNP;
NFKB: nuclear kappa-light chain-enhancer or activated B cell.