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Is susceptibility locus for lung cancer in the 15q25 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster CHRNA5-A3-B4 associated with risk of gastric cancer?
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Jan 2013
Wu Haijian, Wang Yang, Wang Shikun, Jiang Man, Wang Cuihong, Fu Weijiang, Hu Likuan
Abstract excerpt
An association between common variants in the 15q25 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) gene cluster CHRNA5-A3-B4 (responsible for encoding nAChR subunits) and lung cancer risk has recently been reported in both Caucasian and Chinese population. Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factors for both lung and gastric cancer. Moreover, nAChR plays an important role in cigarette smoke-related lung...
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