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Hsa-miR-34b/c rs4938723 T>C and hsa-miR-423 rs6505162 C>A polymorphisms are associated with the risk of esophageal cancer in a Chinese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Yin Jun, Wang Xu, Zheng Liang, Shi Yijun, Wang Liming, Shao Aizhong, Tang Weifeng, Ding Guowen, Liu Chao, Liu Ruiping, Chen Suocheng, Gu Haiyong
Abstract excerpt
Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer and sixth leading cause of cancer associated death worldwide. Besides environmental risk factors, genetic factors might play an important role in the esophageal cancer carcinogenesis. We conducted a hospital based case-control study to evaluate the genetic susceptibility of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the microRNAs on the development of...
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