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CHRNA5 gene D398N polymorphism in Japanese lung adenocarcinoma.
The Journal of surgical research - 1 Jul 2010
Sasaki Hidefumi, Hikosaka Yu, Okuda Katsuhiro, Kawano Osamu, Yukiue Haruhiro, Yano Motoki, Fujii Yoshitaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, to identify genetic factors that modify lung cancer risk, CHRNA5 non-synonymous variant amino acid position 398 (D398N) was identified. The site was a highly conserved in the second cellular loop of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit protein. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We have investigated CHRNA5 gene polymorphism status in 302 surgically treated lung adenocarcinoma cases from Nagoya...
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