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Heterozygote of PLCE1 rs2274223 increases susceptibility to human papillomavirus infection in patients with esophageal carcinoma among the Kazakh populations.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2014
Cui Xiaobin, Chen Yunzhao, Liu Lin, Li Li, Hu Jianming, Yang Lan, Liang Weihua, Li Feng
Abstract excerpt
The involvement of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the carcinogenesis of esophageal squamous carcinoma remains undetermined. However, three genome-wide association studies of esophageal cancer have identified a shared susceptibility locus at 10q23 (rs2274223: A5780G) in phospholipase C epsilon 1 (PLCE1). The current study aims to present a comprehensive and novel spectrum about the HPV genotype distribution of...
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