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Gender-specific association of NFKBIA promoter polymorphisms with the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Dec 2013
Tan Shing Cheng, Suzairi Mohd Shafi'i Mohd, Aizat Abdul Aziz Ahmad, Aminudin Mustapha Mohd, Nurfatimah Mohd Shahpudin Siti, Bhavaraju Venkata Murali Krishna, Biswal Biswa Mohan, Ankathil Ravindran
Abstract excerpt
The inhibitory protein IκBα, encoded by the NFKBIA gene, plays an important role in regulating the activity of nuclear factor-kappa B, a transcription factor which has been implicated in the initiation and progression of cancers. This study aimed to evaluate the association of NFKBIA -826C>T (rs2233406) and -881A>G (rs3138053) polymorphisms with the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) in Malaysian...
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