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Association of LEP and ADIPOQ common variants with colorectal cancer in Mexican patients.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2010
Partida-Pérez Miriam, de la Luz Ayala-Madrigal María, Peregrina-Sandoval Jorge, Macías-Gómez Nelly, Moreno-Ortiz José, Leal-Ugarte Evelia, Cárdenas-Meza Mario, Centeno-Flores Manuel, Maciel-Gutiérrez Víctor, Cabrales Enrique, Cervantes-Ortiz Sergio, Gutiérrez-Angulo Melva
Abstract excerpt
Leptin and adiponectin are cytokines produced by adipose tissue with opposite effects on tumor growth: the former stimulate whereas the latter inhibit it. The objective was to analyze the association of LEP A19G and ADIPOQ+45 T/G and +276 G/T polymorphisms in Mexican patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). 68 unrelated patients with CRC (study group) and 102 blood donors (control group); all subjects were Mestizos...
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