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MiR-196a2 rs11614913 T > C polymorphism and risk of esophageal cancer in a Chinese population.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 2013
Wei Jishu, Zheng Liang, Liu Shenghua, Yin Jun, Wang Liming, Wang Xu, Shi Yijun, Shao Aizhong, Tang Weifeng, Ding Guowen, Liu Chao, Chen Suocheng, Gu Haiyong
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BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer and sixth leading cause of cancer associated death worldwide. Besides environmental risk factors, genetic factors might play an important role in the esophageal cancer carcinogenesis. METHODS: We conducted a hospital based case-control study to evaluate the genetic susceptibility of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the microRNAs on...
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