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FAS and FAS ligand polymorphisms in the promoter regions and risk of gastric cancer in Southern China.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Aug 2009
Wang Meilin, Wu Dongmei, Tan Ming, Gong Weida, Xue Hengchuan, Shen Hongbin, Zhang Zhengdong
Abstract excerpt
The FAS and FAS ligand (FASLG) system plays a key role in regulating apoptotic cell death, and corruption of this signaling pathway has been shown to participate in tumorigenesis. Functional promoter polymorphisms of the FAS and FASLG genes can alter transcriptional activities and thus alter risk of cancer. We hypothesized that the FAS -1377G>A, FAS -670A>G, and FASLG -844T>C polymorphisms in the promoter regions...
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