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A functional variant at the miR-885-5p binding site of CASP3 confers risk of both index and second primary malignancies in patients with head and neck cancer.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Apr 2013
Guan Xiaoxiang, Liu Zhensheng, Liu Hongliang, Yu Hongping, Wang Li-E, Sturgis Erich M, Li Guojun, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
Caspases are important regulators and executioners in the apoptosis pathways and play crucial roles in carcinogenesis. We tested the hypothesis that functional variants of CASP genes are associated with risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) and second primary malignancy (SPM). We genotyped 7 selected, potentially functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the microRNA...
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