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Polymorphisms of FAS and FAS ligand genes involved in the death pathway and risk and progression of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Sept 2006
Zhang Zhengdong, Wang Li-E, Sturgis Erich M, El-Naggar Adel K, Hong Waun K, Amos Christopher I, Spitz Margaret R, Wei Qingyi
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PURPOSE: Alteration of the FAS/FAS ligand (FASLG) pathway regulating cell death may lead to cancer development, but the effects of functional promoter polymorphisms of the FAS and FASLG genes on risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) are unknown. DESIGN: We genotyped the FAS -1377 G>A, FAS -670 A>G, FASLG -844 C>T, and FASLG IVS2nt -124 A>G polymorphisms in 721 case patients with SCCHN and...
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