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Role of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in pancreatic cancer: a case-control study in China.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jun 2015
Li Lei, Shang Feifei, Zhang Weihui, Zhang Canhong, Li Junshan, Wang Changhui, Wei Lin
Abstract excerpt
The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene rs2228570 and rs1544410 polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer (PC). Two hundred fifty-eight PC patients and 385 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. The genotypes of rs2228570 and rs1544410 were assayed using the polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. Univariate and...
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