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[Single nucleotide polymorphisms in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and susceptibility to cancer of the gastric cardia in Chinese population].
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi - 25 May 2002
Miao Xiaoping, Xing Deyin, Tan Wen, Lu Wenfu, Lin Dongxin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between genetic polymorphisms in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), a central enzyme in folate metabolism that affects DNA methylation and synthesis, and the risk of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia (AGC). METHODS: Genomic DNA was isolated from the peripheral lymphocytes of 205 patients with AGC and 360 age-and-sex-matched control subjects. Polymerase chain...
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