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Association between TERT rs2736100 polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility: evidence from 22 case-control studies.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 May 2014
Yuan Yunfeng, Lu Chunlai, Xue Liang, Ge Di
Abstract excerpt
The 5p15.33 locus has been recently identified to associate with multiple cancer types including lung, urinary bladder, prostate, and cervical cancer, based on its critical role in the maintenance of telomere, chromosome stability, and ultimately preventing normal cell malignance. TERT (human telomerase reverse transcriptase) is an attractive candidate gene for the 5p15.33 locus. Recently, a number of...
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