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PLCE1 rs2274223 A>G polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Umar Meenakshi, Upadhyay Rohit, Mittal Balraj
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Phospholipase C epsilon 1 gene (PLCE1) encodes a phospholipase enzyme which regulates various physiological processes (cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis) and is supposed to play a critical role in carcinogenesis. Recently, a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2274223 A>G) in PLCE1 was reported as a novel susceptibility locus for esophageal and gastric cancers by genome-wide association studies performed...
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