Article
Potentially functional polymorphisms of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene and risk of gastric cancer.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2008
Ke Qiao, Liang Jie, Wang Li-Na, Hu Zhi-Bin, Jin Guang-Fu, Zhou Yan, Wang Jian-Ming, Tan Yong-Fei, Hua Zhao-Lai, Xu Yao-Chu, Shen Jing, Shen Hong-Bing
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), the key mediator of angiogenesis, plays an important role in the development of different kind of tumors, including gastric cancer (GC). The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that genetic variants of VEGF are associated with risk of GC. We geno...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
