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No association of MMP-7, MMP-8, and MMP-21 polymorphisms with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Chinese population.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Sept 2008
Qiu Wei, Zhou Gangqiao, Zhai Yun, Zhang Xiumei, Xie Weimin, Zhang Hongxing, Yang Hao, Zhi Lianteng, Yuan Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaoai, He Fuchu
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that the functional polymorphisms in the promoters of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) genes were associated with the risk of cancers, but no study has ever explored these polymorphisms as risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently, we firstly examined whether seven functional polymorphisms in the promoters of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-12, and MMP-13 have any bearing...
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