The association between NADPH oxidase (NOX) polymorphisms with immunohistochemistry and survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients.

The purpose of this study was to comprehensively analyze the prediction role of NADPH oxidase (NOX)-related polymorphisms (NCF4: rs1883112, CYBA: rs4673, RAC2: rs13058338) and immunohistochemical indices on survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).The impact of NOX polymorphisms were evaluated in 335 DLBCL patients treated with R (rituximab)-CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) from Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital. We also collected information on their immunohistochemical expression and clinical outcomes.Among the patients treated with R-CHOP therapy, the patients with CyclinD1 (+) had significantly shorter progression-free survival (PFS) (p = 0.001) and event-free survival (EFS) (p < 0.001) than CyclinD1 (-) patients. Among patients received CHOP therapy, PFS was significantly longer in CD20 (+) patients (p = 0.011) than in CD20(-) patients. Among the patients treated with R-CHOP therapy, the PFS (p = 0.020) and EFS (p < 0.001) of patients with NCF4 rs1883112 AA/AG genotype were significantly longer than the patients with GG genotype. Patients treated with R-CHOP therapy and with RAC2 rs13058338 AA/AT genotype were more likely to have grade III or higher myelosuppression compared to patients with TT genotype (p = 0.027). Patients treated with CHOP therapy and with RAC2 rs13058338 AA/AT genotype were more likely to have grade III or higher systemic adverse events (p = 0.029). Cox regression analysis showed that NCF4 rs1883112 GG genotype and CyclinD1 (+) were the factors contributing to the poor outcomes in DLBCL patients treated with R-CHOP therapy.In conclusion, the results suggested that the NCF4 rs1883112 G allele may be a poor prognostic biomarker, especially for the DLBCL patients with CD3(-), CD5 (-), CD10 (-), Bcl-2 (+), Bcl-6 (+) or Ki-67(%) < 80%.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethical approval: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (Ethics Committee of Harbin Medical University (HMUIRB20160004)) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
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