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Association between tumor necrosis factor-α rs1800629 polymorphism and risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Mar 2014
Zhu Feng, Zhao Hang, Tian Xiaohui, Meng Xiangjun
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer is mainly initiated by inflammation and chronic superficial gastritis, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is an inflammatory cytokine which plays an important role in the inflammation. TNF-α rs1800629 G/A polymorphism was proposed to be associated with gastric cancer risk, but previous studies on Caucasians reported conflicting results. We performed a meta-analysis to comprehensively assess the...
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