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Polymorphism of THBS1 rs1478604 A>G in 5-untranslated region is associated with lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer in a Southeast Chinese population.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Apr 2012
Lin Xian-Dong, Chen Shu-Qin, Qi Yuan-Lin, Zhu Jin-Wei, Tang Yang, Lin Jian-Yin
Abstract excerpt
Thrombospondin-1 plays an important role in cancer development and progression. This study investigated if a correlation exists between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Thrombospondin-1 gene (THBS1) and gastric cancer. We conducted a case-control study on a randomly recruited population of 283 patients and 283 healthy individuals from the city of Fuzhou in Southeast China. Individuals were genotyped...
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