Article
The associated ion between the VDR gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma and the clinicopathological features in subjects infected with HBV.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Yao Xing, Zeng Huazong, Zhang Guolei, Zhou Weimin, Yan Qiang, Dai Licheng, Wang Xiang
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate the possible association between the vitamin D receptor (VDR), single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. METHOD: 968 chronic HBV infection patients were enrolled, of which 436 patients were diagnosed HCC patients, and 532 were non-HCC patients. The clinicopathological characteristics of HCC were...
Topics
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Neoplasms