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Polymorphisms of glucose-regulated protein 78 and risk of colorectal cancer: a case-control study in southwest China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhang Dan, Zhou Bin, Li Yuan, Wang Mojin, Wang Cun, Zhou Zongguang, Sun Xiaofeng
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78), an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, up-regulation serves as an efficient mechanism to promote malignant transformation of colorectal cancer (CRC) and protect CRC cells against apoptosis. Recently, the analysis of GRP78 polymorphisms has already determined that GRP78 rs391957 polymorphism could predict clinical outcome in CRC patients. Thus, we tested whether GRP78...
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