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PRKCH gene polymorphism is associated with the risk of severe gastric atrophy.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Jun 2010
Goto Yasuyuki, Hishida Asahi, Matsuo Keitaro, Tajima Kazuo, Morita Emi, Naito Mariko, Wakai Kenji, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Individuals infected with Helicobacter pylori do not necessarily develop gastric atrophy (GA) and gastric cancer (GC). Several factors, including genetic polymorphism, can regulate the development of GA and GC. A G/A single nucleotide polymorphism (rs3783799) of the PRKCH gene, which encodes the eta isozyme of protein kinase C (PKCeta), has been reported to be a tag single nucleotide polymorphism...
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