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Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a complex congenital disorder characterized by intestinal obstructions caused by the absence of the intestinal ganglion cells of the nerve plexuses in variable lengths of the digestive tract. This study investigated a possible role of the RET proto-oncogene in sporadic HSCR patients in the Han Chinese population. Our results indicated that rs1800858, rs1800860, rs1800863, and rs2075912, located in exons 2, 7, 15, and intron 19 of RET, are strongly associated with the disease (P < 0.01), with rs1800860 and rs1800863 playing a protective role in the pathogenesis of HSCR in the Chinese population. We also showed that the haplotype consisting of four SNPs is significantly associated with HSCR. We did not find a significant difference in the CA-repeat in intron 5 of RET between cases and controls. Our study provided further evidence that the RET gene is involved in the susceptibility to HSCR in the Han Chinese population.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Fund for Fostering Talents of Basic Science (NFFTBS) (Nos. J0730856 and J0830833) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. Y2080430).
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C.-P. Liu and Q.-Q. Tang contributed equally to this work.
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Liu, CP., Tang, QQ., Lou, JT. et al. Association Analysis of the RET Proto-Oncogene with Hirschsprung Disease in the Han Chinese Population of Southeastern China. Biochem Genet 48, 496–503 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-010-9333-4
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