In the present study we investigated the association of a number of polymorphic changes in antioxidant system genes (SNPs rs1050450 in the GPX1 gene, rs1695 and rs1138272 in the GSTP1 gene and rs4880 in the MnSOD gene) with the risk of prostate cancer. The association of disease stage and PSA levels with specific genotypes was also analyzed. A study was conducted with the participation of 736 Russian men. We compared the frequency of occurrence of the studied alleles in patients with prostate cancer (392) to a control group (344) of men without a history of cancer. Genotyping was performed by real-time PCR. Comparison of frequencies of alleles and genotypes were performed using logistic regression analysis. No statistically significant association with the risk of prostate cancer was found for any of the SNPs studied (p > 0.05). For SNP rs1695 in the GSTP1 gene, a correlation with cancer disease stage was observed: a GG genotype is significantly more common in patients with PCa in the 3rd and 4th stage than 1st and 2nd (OR[95%CI] = 2.66[1.15-6.18], p = 0.02). Both studied SNPs of GSTP1 gene are associated with the level of PSA: the GG rs1695 and the TT rs1138272 genotypes are associated with higher PSA levels (p = 1.5*10(-3)).

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Allelic variants of folate cycle enzyme genes can contribute to predisposition to cancer. The impact of polymorphic loci A2756G of MTR gene and of C1420T of SHMT1 gene for the risk of prostatic cancer was studied in residents of West Siberia. The frequency of alleles of these loci in patients (N=371) and controls (N=285) was determined and the data were statistically processed. No statistically significant association with prostatic cancer was detected for any of the studied loci.

Objective: to assess matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9)  expression in renal cell carcinoma cells and cells of intratumoral inflammatory infiltrates depending on clinical and morphological characteristics and postoperative survival.Materials and methods. We evaluated MMP-expression in 108 renal cancer tissue specimens. The intensity of immunohistochemical staining was estimated by measuring integral optical density in cytoplasm.Results. We found that the integral optical density of MMP-9 immunostaining in tumor cells and cells of intratumoral inflammatory infiltrates correlates with important prognostic factors for renal cancer, including histological type of cancer, TNM stage, tumor size, Fuhrman nuclear grade, metastasis, and 5-year postoperative survival.Conclusion. Integral optical density of MMP-9 immunostaining is an additional prognostic factor for renal cell carcinoma.