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Cathepsin B SNPs elevate the pathological development of oral cancer and raise the susceptibility to carcinogen-mediated oral cancer.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Chen Mu-Kuan, Su Shih-Chi, Lin Chiao-Wen, Tsai Chiung-Man, Yang Shun-Fa, Weng Chia-Jui
Abstract excerpt
Oral cancer is causally associated with environmental carcinogens, and the susceptibility to carcinogen-mediated tumorigenesis is proposed to be genotype-dependent. Cathepsin B (CTSB) is a lysosomal cysteine protease and may serve as a candidate biomarker of oral cancer. The current study aimed to explore the influences of three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CTSB gene, combined with environmental...
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