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Novel functional variants locus in PLCE1 and susceptibility to digestive tract cancer in the Chinese population: a meta-analysis.
The International journal of biological markers - 9 Dec 2014
Duan Fujiao, Song Chunhua, Dai Liping, Cui Shuli, Zhang Xiaoqin, Zhao Xia
Abstract excerpt
Three large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a shared susceptibility variation phospholipase C epsilon 1 (PLCE1) rs2274223 for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and/or gastric cardia adenocarcinomas (GCA) in the Chinese population. However, the association between PLCE1 rs2274223 A>G and the risk of digestive tract cancer (DTC) has been inconsistent. We therefore carried out a...
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