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Functional polymorphism in the 5'-UTR of CR2 is associated with susceptibility to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Oncology reports - 1 Jul 2013
Fan Qin, He Jun-Fang, Wang Qi-Rui, Cai Hong-Bing, Sun Xue-Gang, Zhou Xin-Xi, Qin Hai-De, Shugart Yin Yao, Jia Wei-Hua
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a squamous cell cancer endemic in Southern China and Southeast Asia. It has been shown that inflammatory and immune responses during EBV infection contribute to the development of NPC. The complement receptor 2 (CR2) gene plays central roles during inflammatory and immune responses and, therefore, is a good candidate susceptibility gene for...
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