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Missense polymorphisms of PTPRJ and PTPN13 genes affect susceptibility to a variety of human cancers.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Feb 2010
Mita Yuichiro, Yasuda Yukiko, Sakai Akiko, Yamamoto Hiromasa, Toyooka Shinichi, Gunduz Mehmet, Tanabe Shunsuke, Naomoto Yoshio, Ouchida Mamoru, Shimizu Kenji
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We investigated the association between incidence of various cancers and four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), two each in two protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) genes, PTPRJ and PTPN13, by a case-control study conducted in Japan. METHODS: The study samples comprised 819 cancer-free controls and 569 cancer cases including lung, head and neck, colorectal, and esophageal cancers. RESULTS: Compared...
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