“…MMP gene SNPs associated with BC reported in more than 50 previous association studies [ 12 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ] ( Supplementary Table S15 ) and with potential regulatory functions ( Supplementary Table S16 ) [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ] were selected for our genetic–epidemiological study. As a result, 10 SNPs of the MMP genes were investigated in this study, including 6 loci of chromosome 20 (c.139-369 T > C (rs3918249) MMP9 , c. 1331-163 G > A (rs3787268) MMP9 , c.2003 G > A (rs17577) MMP9 , c.-1562 C > T (rs3918242) MMP9 , c.836 A > G (rs17576) MMP9 , c. 1721 C > G (rs2250889) MMP9 ), 3 SNP of chromosome 11 (c.259 T > C (rs1940475) MMP8 , c.133 C > T (rs679620) MMP3 , c.-1607 2G > 1G (rs1799750) MMP1 ), and 1 locus of chromosome 16 (c.-1306 C > T (rs243865) MMP2 ).…”