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Association between rs11614913 polymorphism in miR-196a2 and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Du Wei, Ma Xuelei, Kong Weiqi, Liu Tao, Wei Benling, Yu Jiayun, Li Yanyan, Huang Jingwen, Li Zikang, Liu Lei
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BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs of 20-22 nucleotides in length, which regulate the translation or degradation of human messenger RNA (mRNA). MiRNAs involve in the regulation of most biological processes, as well as human diverse diseases including cancer. Recently, many studies investigated the association between miR-196a2 rs11614913 polymorphism and colorectal cancer (CRC), which showed...
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