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The increase of MICA gene A9 allele associated with gastric cancer and less schirrous change.
British journal of cancer - 4 May 2004
Lo S-S, Lee Y-J, Wu C-W, Liu C-J, Huang J-W, Lui W-Y
Abstract excerpt
Since surgical resection is the principal treatment of gastric cancer, early detection is the only effective strategy against this disease at present. Recently, a new polymorphic gene family, the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related (MIC) genes located about 40 kb centromeric to HLA-B gene has been proposed. This family consists of five genes (A, B, C, D and E). Among them, MICA has five various...
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