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P-selectin genotype is associated with the development of cancer cachexia.
EMBO molecular medicine - 1 Jun 2012
Tan Benjamin H L, Fladvad Torill, Braun Theodore P, Vigano Antonio, Strasser Florian, Deans D A Christopher, Skipworth Richard J E, Solheim Tora S, Damaraju Sambasivarao, Ross James A, Kaasa Stein, Marks Daniel L, Baracos Vickie E, Skorpen Frank, Fearon Kenneth C H
Abstract excerpt
The variable predisposition to cachexia may, in part, be due to the interaction of host genotype. We analyzed 129 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 80 genes for association with cachexia based on degree of weight loss (>5, >10, >15%) as well as weight loss in the presence of systemic infl...
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