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Polymorphisms in integrin genes and lymphoma risk.
Leukemia research - 1 Jul 2011
Shen Min, Zheng Tongzhang, Lan Qing, Zhang Yawei, Hosgood H Dean, Zahm Shelia H, Holford Theodore R, Leaderer Brian, Yeager Meredith, Yuenger Jeff, Chanock Stephen, Rothman Nathaniel
Abstract excerpt
Immune deficiency is one of the best characterized and strongest known risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). We studied the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in integrin genes that are important components in human innate immunity and the risk of NHL in a population-based case-control study of women in Connecticut, USA. A total of 373 tag SNPs in 33 gene regions were included in...
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