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Association between MCP-1 -2518A/G polymorphism and cancer risk: evidence from 19 case-control studies.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Da Liang-Shan, Zhang Ying, Zhang Shuai, Qian Yi-Chun, Zhang Qin, Jiang Feng, Xu Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may affect the development of diseases. The -2518A/G polymorphism in the regulatory region of the monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene has been reported to be associated with cancer risk. However, the results of previous studies were inconsistent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to obtain a more precise estimation of the relationship between...
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