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CASP8 -652 6N del polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis of 30 case-control studies in 50,112 subjects.
Mutagenesis - 1 Sept 2012
Zhang Fan, Yang Yuan, Guo Cheng, Wang Yang
Abstract excerpt
Disruptions of normal apoptotic pathways, which are mainly mediated by caspases, play an essential role in cancer development. Caspase-8 (CASP8) is encoded by the CASP8 gene and is centrally involved in the apoptosis of T lymphocytes. The association between a six-nucleotide deletion polymorphism (-652 6N del) of the CASP8 gene and the risk of cancer is widely reported; however, study results have been...
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