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Polymorphisms of CD44 gene and nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility in a Chinese population.
Mutagenesis - 1 Sept 2013
Xiao Mang, Hu Sunhong, Zhang Lei, Huang Jun, Jiang Huifen, Cai Xiujun
Abstract excerpt
As members of adhesion molecule families, CD44 transmembrane glycoproteins have been originally thought to be essential for the formation of multicellular organisms and soon recognised to be able to initiate metastatic spread of tumour cells. To investigate the association between CD44 polymorphisms and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), we carried out a two-stage case-control study in 906 patients and 943 healthy...
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