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STAT3 polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori CagA strains with higher number of EPIYA-C segments independently increase the risk of gastric cancer.
BMC cancer - 19 Jul 2015
Rocha Gifone A, Rocha Andreia M C, Gomes Adriana D, Faria César Ll, Melo Fabrício F, Batista Sérgio A, Fernandes Viviane C, Almeida Nathálie B F, Teixeira Kádima N, Brito Kátia S, Queiroz Dulciene Maria Magalhães
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BACKGROUND: Because to date there is no available study on STAT3 polymorphism and gastric cancer in Western populations and taking into account that Helicobacter pylori CagA EPIYA-C segment deregulates SHP-2/ERK-JAK/STAT3 pathways, we evaluated whether the two variables are independently associated with gastric cancer. METHODS: We included 1048 subjects: H. pylori-positive patients with gastric carcinoma (n =...
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