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Lack of association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) -1722T/C (rs733618) polymorphism and cancer risk: from a case-control study to a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Tang Weifeng, Qiu Hao, Jiang Heping, Sun Bin, Wang Lixin, Yin Jun, Gu Haiyong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene -1722T/C polymorphism (rs733618) and cancer has been widely assessed, and a definitive conclusion remains elusive. We first performed a hospital based case-control study to measure this association of esophageal cancer with CTLA-4 -1722T/C polymorphism in Han Chinese population, and then carried out a meta-analysis to obtain a...
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